Total Transit CEO Craig Hughes to Speak at "GoGreen '11 Phoenix"
CEO Hughes to speak on alternative vehicle strategies for businesses during conference debut in Phoenix

PHOENIX, AZ, November 16, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Total Transit, Inc. CEO Craig Hughes is scheduled to speak at the 2011 GoGreen Conference in Phoenix, Ariz. on November 15, 2011. He will join other leading professionals from Ecotality North America, Maricopa County Air Quality Department and Boeing Company in an 11 a.m. panel discussion entitled "Green Transportation: Alternative Vehicle Strategies for Business." Hughes has been brought onto the panel to help educate and empower Arizona business leaders in sustainability practices.

Craig Hughes is the founder of Total Transit, a company with a truly green reputation in the transportation industry. Total Transit is parent company to Discount Cab, operator of the largest fleet of Hybrid Toyota Prius Cabs in North America. In fact, The Taxicab, Limousine and Paratransit Association (TLPA), named Discount Cab its 2009 Large Fleet Operator of the Year. Hughes was also named one of the Phoenix Business Journal's 25 Most Admired CEOs and Top Level Executives in 2010. Additionally, Total Transit was selected as one of the Phoenix Business Journal's Green Pioneers for 2010 and received the Award of Merit from the Valley Forward Association in the category of Environmental Excellence - Livable Communities, Multimodal Transportation. Most recently, in 2011, Total Transit was honored with Valley Metro's "Blue Skies" award.

The GoGreen Conference was established in the Bay Area of California in 2008 to help local businesses to operate more sustainably. GoGreen conferences are held annually in Colorado, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and now, Arizona. The GoGreen Conference will provide regionally relevant information, ideas and tools for business leaders to take profitable steps toward sustainability.

The inaugural Phoenix GoGreen Conference event will take place at the Phoenix Convention Center's LEED certified West Building. A kick-off speech will be given by City of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, and keynote speeches will be given by Arizona Public Service (APS) President Donald Robinson and Frito-Lay North America's Senior Director of Environmental Sustainability Al Halvorsen. GoGreen Phoenix begins at 7:30 a.m., ends at 5 p.m. and is followed by a networking reception sponsored by The Ritz Carlton Phoenix. For more information on GoGreen '11 Phoenix, visit http://phoenix.gogreenconference.net.

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