Join us in the museum auditorium for a discussion, led by Eric Madison, on the origins of segregation on streetcars beginning in the 19th century and the attempts made nationwide to challenge both the custom and later the codification of "separate but equal" practices.

This program is included with regular museum admission. Discussion begins at 1pm, so please plan your visit accordingly.

About Eric Madison

Since 1998, Mr. Madison has been a volunteer streetcar operator with the National Capital Trolley Museum in Colesville, MD since 1998 and serves in multiple roles which includes being a member of the Board of Trustees, Museum's Safety Officer and Superintendent of Railway Operations, and Museum Secretary. In addition to his volunteer work with the museum, Mr. Madison has an extensive career in transit, with a focus on rail transit safety and oversight of heavy rail, light rail and streetcar systems. Over the course of his transit career he has worked for the D.C. Department of Transportation's Office of Mass Transit, where he conducted planning for the D.C. Streetcar and served as a State Safety Oversight Program Manager for safety oversight of the Washington Metrorail system. He then served as a Team Lead with the Department of Defense to coordinate shuttle, transit, and commuter bus operations for the Pentagon and Mark Center in Virginia. Following the Department of Defense, he worked as a Program Manager for the FTA's Office of Transit Safety and Oversight to provide program and technical support to 14 State Safety Oversight programs around the country. Currently, he serves as a Senior Consultant with Dovetail Consulting as a safety and security expert on State Safety Oversight Agency projects and for rail transit agency clients.