# Transportation Association of Maryland Annual Conference 2026

> Maryland's state conference for community, rural, and human-services transportation providers.

September 22-24, 2026 (2026-09-22 to 2026-09-24).
Location: Stevensville, MD.
Organizer: Transportation Association of Maryland.
Official site: https://www.taminc.org/conference
Canonical: https://its-feed.com/events/tam-annual-conference-2026/

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The Transportation Association of Maryland runs the state's annual conference for
community and human-services transportation: the providers who move people who cannot
drive or ride fixed-route service. The 2026 conference is September 22-24 at the
Chesapeake Bay Beach Club in Stevensville, MD, with sessions, a trade show, and an
outdoor bus showcase.

## Why it matters for the data layer

Community transportation is where the data layer is thinnest and the need is sharpest.
These are small operators, often nonprofit or county-run, and the standards conversation
reaches them last, even though demand-response and paratransit are exactly where
scheduling and trip data get hard. TAM's program lists technology next to workforce,
funding, and regulations, so it is a decent read on which tools are actually reaching
rural and human-services agencies rather than just the big fixed-route systems.

The conference typically draws more than 280 people, weighted toward operators rather
than vendors. Anyone building for GTFS-Flex, demand-response, or paratransit data will
find the users here. It is a smaller, state-level event, but a grounded one for seeing
where mobility data still has to travel.

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