the region to provide service into Santa
Clara County, including three regional
rail systems and three regional express
bus services. He and his team also manage
private contractors that provide the
ACE Shuttles and Paratransit Services,
and secures Air District funds.
Current work includes in-vehicle
technology innovation projects for consumer
use, such as WI-FI, interactive
monitor displays with “rate my driver”
features, traffi c alerts, and program notifi
cations. Additional innovations include
the deployment of online paratransit trip
bookings, cashless faring and user “track
my ride” features.
Vogel will soon graduate with a master’s
in transportation management from
the Mineta Transportation Institute with
a concentration in high-speed rail.
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IT WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE
classifi eds for the highest paid position
that started Aaron Vogel’s career in public
transportation as a bus driver at Northstar
ski resort in Lake Tahoe. Within
months he was promoted to a supervisor
and helped transition it from a seasonal
mom-and-pop operation to a year-round
operation, transporting the most passengers
in the Tahoe basin.
Vogel continued to broaden his experience,
going to Google in California
to oversee its commuter shuttle and
bike shuttle program for employees, to
the San Francisco Municipal Railway to
coordinate and manage several aspects
of a large-scale operational shift ; and
served in several roles at Keolis Transit
America, including overseeing operations
for Regional Transportation
Commission of Southern Nevada’s
fi xed-route operations.
As manager of Regional Transportation
Services at the Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority, Vogel focuses
on long-range program plans for all services
he oversees. His department collaborates
with transit agencies throughout
Fact:
Vogel is a
graduate of
UITP’s Public
Transport
Manager Program
and is a Certified
Community
Transit Manager
from the
Community
Transportation
Association
of America
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“Always be willing and open to take on
new tasks and learn new things. Do not be afraid
to take risks. We are all different; be open to new
approaches, processes and technology, which can
lead to new and better ways of doing things.”
Aaron J. Vogel
Regional
Transportation
Services Manager
Santa Clara Valley
Transportation
Authority