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PPTA 2024 Roadeo & Summer Meeting: Roadeo Contestants

Start
08/02/2024
End
08/05/2024
Location
Altoona, PA

Registration

(depends on selected options)

Base fee:

Roadeo Contestant - Fixed Route – $225.00
Roadeo Contestant - Shared Ride – $225.00

Attendee registration has sold out in advance of the deadline. Thank you for your continued interest in PPTA events.

Roadeo Contestants

At a minimum, participants should be a full- or part-time operator for not less than one (1) year and cannot have had a preventable accident within the calendar year prior to the Roadeo.
In addition, contestants should generally have a good attendance record and cannot have been subject to punitive action during the prior calendar year.
Each PPTA entity is responsible for ensuring that their participants meet these qualifications.
Each PPTA entity is permitted to enter three (3) operators in each classification - Bus and Paratransit.
For PPTA members who sub-contract services, those subcontractors shall be allowed to enter operators, however, the sub-contractors' entrants shall be included in the members' limit of three (3) participants per category.

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Biography Form

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DRAFT Schedule of Events

2024 ROADEO & SUMMER MEETING

Hosted by AMTRAN in Altoona, PA

Updated Schedule of Events (as of 7/29/24)

Friday, August 2

8:40 AM

Roadeo Committee & PPTA Volunteers Meet and Depart for Roadeo Course Set-up

Assemble in Hotel Lobby and Travel to Roadeo Site

Note: Bus will pick up at both hotels. 8:40 a.m., Courtyard; 8:50 a.m., Hampton :)

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Course Set-up: Roadeo Committee & Volunteers

(Lunch Provided)

Logan Valley Mall

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Driver Registration Opens; Optional Driver Passenger Assistance and Securement Training Demos (Attendee registration open 2:30 - 4:30PM Saturday @ Convention Center

AMTRAN Trolley Works 3301 5th Ave, Altoona

Saturday, August 3

7:45-8:15 AM	Contestants: Buses Depart to AMTRAN	Buses pickup from both hotels
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Driver Registration and Passenger Securement Review	AMTRAN Trolley Works 3301 5th Ave, Altoona
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM	Mandatory Driver Meeting	AMTRAN Trolley Works
9:30 AM - Until Complete	Driver Written Testing, Pre-Trip Inspections, Wheelchair Securement Mandatory for all Contestants	AMTRAN Trolley Works
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Registration Open for Attendees & Judges Shuttles to/from Hampton & Convention Center begin @ 2:30PM (Volunteer Judges Check In by 3:15 PM)	Blair Co. Convention Center 1 Convention Center Dr., Altoona Allegheny Lobby
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM	Mandatory Roadeo Volunteer Judges' Meeting	Blair Co. Convention Center Ballroom 4
4:40 PM	Transportation Begins – Evening Event (Continuous Loop from both hotels)	Continuous Loop from both hotels
5:00 - 8:00 PM	Take Us Out to the Ball Game PPTA meal provided @Ballpark, 5-7PM; Ball game begins @ 6 PM	Altoona Curve Ball Park TRAVEL via PPTA/AMTRAN bus Continuous Loop from both hotels NOTE: Last bus departs 30 minutes after game concludes.

Sunday, August 4 Time to Roadeo!

5:30 AM	Buses begin departing for Drivers All Contestants must depart by 5:45 AM	Buses on continuous Loop to Roadeo & Hotels
6:15 AM - 7:00 AM	Driver Check-In & Walk-Thru	PPTA Roadeo Course
ONGOING	Buses on Continuous Loop to Roadeo & Hotels	*Travel via PPTA's Amtran bus: No Parking available onsite*
7:00 AM	Judges Check-In Breakfast Service Begins	Roadeo Course, Logan Valley Mall
7:30 AM	LET'S ROADEO: Competition Begins!	Roadeo Course, Logan Valley Mall Travel via PPTA's Amtran bus: No Parking available onsite
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM* *estimate	Lunch & Awards Presentation* *Timing dependent on tabulation	Buses on Continous Loop between Roadeo & Hotels
4:00 PM (estimate)	2024 ROADEO CONCLUDES Buses return to hotel on a loop	Roadeo Competitors Depart Safe Travels!

Hotel Information

HOTEL #1

Hampton Inn Altoona
180 Charlotte Drive, Altoona, PA 16601

(814) 941-3500

Room Rate $139 a night

PPTA Roadeo & Summer Meeting Hampton Inn Reservation Link

Deadline to Book: Friday, July 11th

*NOTE: The shuttle for contestants will run from the Hampton Inn Altoona.*

HOTEL #2

A block of rooms has been secured Courtyard Marriott Altoona

Courtyard Marriott Altoona
2 Convention Drive, Altoona, PA 16602

(814) 312-1800

Book your group rate for PPTA

Deadline to Book: Thursday, July 18th

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