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▶ CalACT named the city of San Luis
Obispo Transit Division, SLO Transit, the
Outstanding Transportation Agency for
2018. The award honors an agency that
has demonstrated achievement in effi ciency,
eff ectiveness and customer service.
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▶ Nova Bus announced it has been
awarded a fi ve-year contract to supply
replacement public transit buses for use
in Monroe County, New York, by Regional
Transit Service.
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▶ The California State Transportation Agency
announced a $164.5 million investment
from the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital
Program to support Caltrain service improvements,
including replacement of the
diesel fl eet with electric trains, the addition
of Wi-Fi service onboard the new fl eet, and
enhanced bicycle facilities at stations.
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▶ RATP Dev USA launched Orbyt, a technology
platform that keeps passengers in
motion, adapting to the diff erent demands
and disruption of the transit industry.
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▶ Greater Portland METRO unveiled new,
40-foot low fl oor buses with modern,
friendly features refl ecting the agency’s
vision of a more sustainable future.
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▶ The Charlotte Area Transit System’s LYNX
Blue Line light rail service experienced a
48 percent increase in ridership with the
opening of the Blue Line Extension.
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▶ MV Transportation announced it has
been awarded a contract to provide
paratransit services by the Baton Rouge
Capital Area Transit System beginning
Sunday, May 6, 2018.
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▶ Rabbittransit announced it will launch a
mobile ticketing application pilot in partnership
with Token Transit that gives customers
a new and cashless fare payment choice.
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▶ Keolis announced it has been awarded
a contract to operate the Orange County
Transportation Authority’s fi rst on-demand
microtransit pilot — OC Flex.
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▶ The fi rst regional account-based virtual
transit farecard has reached full launch
status for riders for TriMet, C-TRAN and
Portland Streetcar passengers. TriMet,
INIT, and moovel worked to enable this
fi nal development with Google Pay.
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▶ VIA Metropolitan Transit dedicated its
new compressed natural gas fueling station
— the largest in North America.
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People in the News
Connie Raya Inessa Vitko Helene Kornblatt Stephen Kambol Michael Booth, AICP
Omnitrans
Connie Raya joined
Omnitrans as director
of Maintenance.
Raya has more than two
decades of experience in
public transit maintenance
gained while
working at the Orange
County Transportation
Authority. She will oversee
a department of 108
employees responsible
for maintaining a fl eet of
188 buses and 25 support
vehicles as well as
multiple agency facilities.
Raya joined OCTA in
1993 in the Commuter
Services Department
and had has advanced
through several roles,
including fl eet analyst
and most recently,
maintenance resource
manager.
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C-TRAN
C-TRAN hired Inessa
Vitko to serve as its
next chief operations
offi cer. Vitko will lead
the agency’s largest department,
which includes
all of its fi xed-route and
paratransit operators.
Vitko comes to C-TRAN
after 12 years at TriMet in
Portland, Oregon, where
she served in multiple
roles, including work in
budgeting and grants,
operations and customer
communications. She
recently led TriMet’s
fi rst-ever customer
experience department.
She holds a master’s of
public administration and
a bachelor’s of science in
mathematics and statistics,
both from Portland
State University.
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HNTB Corp.
Helene Kornblatt joined
HNTB Corp. as senior
environmental sciences
and planning director
and Southern California
practice leader.
She also is an associate
vice president of the
fi rm. In this position,
she is responsible for
project delivery and
business development
for the fi rm’s growing
environmental practice
throughout California.
She has worked on transit
projects in Chicago,
Seattle, Los Angeles and
San Diego. Most recently,
she directed a contract
for Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation
Authority supporting
the rail and bus capital
construction program.
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WSP USA
Stephen Kambol has
been named a senior
project manager in the
Seattle offi ce of WSP
USA. In his new position,
Kambol will be responsible
for management, design
and delivery of largescale
rail projects. He
has nearly four decades
of experience, serving in
progressively responsible
positions in engineering,
management, business
development and client
service. A transportation
engineering specialist,
his background has been
largely focused on highway
and rail projects. Prior
to joining WSP, Kambol
was the Pacifi c Northwest
rail/transit department
manager for an international
engineering fi rm.
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HNTB Corp.
Michael Booth joined
HNTB Corp. as transit
planning group director
and associate vice
president. He brings
more than 33 years of
industry expertise, with a
focus on major transportation,
transit and infrastructure
capital projects,
including experience in
project management
for the Chicago Transit
Authority and other transit
agencies. In his new
role, Booth leads HNTB’s
Chicago transit planning
practice, focusing on
service and delivery for
key transit and rail clients
throughout the region
in addition to serving as
a project and program
manager for various
transit projects.
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