It’s helpful to have a tribe – even if you’re a transit system.
That’s the raison d’etre behind Rail~Volution, a conference where professionals who care about public transportation share great ideas. I wrote about some of them on the blog Greater Greater Washington, including the story behind this pretty picture (hint: it’s not a mountain in Japan). 
Also See new Blog Post from Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy — “Railvolution Hits Washington, DC”
http://ssppjournal.blogspot.com/2011/10/railvolution-hits-washington-dc.html