# California Transit Association Fall Conference & Expo 2026

> The California Transit Association's annual conference and expo, the main gathering for the state's transit agencies and vendors.

October 28-30, 2026 (2026-10-28 to 2026-10-30).
Location: Monterey, CA.
Organizer: California Transit Association.
Official site: https://caltransit.org/Events/Annual-Conferences/Fall-Conference-Expo
Canonical: https://its-feed.com/events/cta-fall-conference-expo-2026/

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The California Transit Association's Fall Conference & Expo is the main annual gathering
for public transit in California. The 61st edition runs October 28-30, 2026 in Monterey,
across the Monterey Conference Center and the neighboring Portola Hotel & Spa, hosted
with Monterey-Salinas Transit.

## Why it matters for the data layer

California is one of the largest transit markets in the country, and the rules it sets
tend to travel. That is what makes this conference worth watching from outside the state.
The agenda runs across community outreach, management, maintenance, operations, and a
policy-and-innovation track that reaches into customer experience, so it is a broad read
on where the biggest agencies are putting their attention.

The expo hall puts most of the vendors selling into California transit in one room, which
is a fast way to see what the market is shipping. It also opens to non-members and
emerging professionals rather than member-agency staff only, so the crowd is wider than a
closed meeting. For anyone tracking transit technology, California is often where a
requirement becomes a purchase order first.

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