PEOPLE & PLACES
MTA Taps Techies to
Help Fix Mass Transit
Th e Metropolitan Transportation Authority
is looking for companies that
could help the agency improve New
York City’s bus and subway service.
Th e MTA and the Partnership for
New York City announced Wednesday
the launch of the Transit Tech
Lab, an accelerator program that
works to identify private partners and
test new technology for curtailing delays
and improving riders’ experience.
Th e program is a “customer-centric
approach” to address some of the
most common complaints about the
transit system, said MTA President
Pat Foye. Th e fi rst lab projects would
focus on reducing subway delays and
increasing bus speeds on congested
city streets.
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▶ The Toledo Area Regional Transit
Authority is consulting with business
organizations and other stakeholders to
bring electric bus service to downtown
that will link businesses, attractions, and
residential developments by as early as
this spring.
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▶ The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit
Authority’s Board of Directors made history
by unanimously approving the More
MARTA Atlanta program which represents
the region’s largest transit investment in
more than four decades.
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▶ For the sixth consecutive year, the Hillsborough
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Area Regional Transit Authority
has received the Certifi cate of Achievement
for Excellence in Financial Reporting
for its FY2017 Comprehensive Annual
Financial Report from the Government
Finance Offi cers Association of the United
States and Canada.
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▶ Mayor Thomas Broderick Jr. asked the
Anderson Redevelopment Commission
to consider providing $1.8 million in Tax
Increment Financing funds to fi nalize the
necessary funding for the proposed $8.3
million facility.
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▶ Ricardo Diaz, Penny Scott and Robert
Leyse walked into cheers and applause
at a surprise ceremony today at Atlantic
Central Base where they were named
King County Metro’s Transit Operators of
the Year.
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▶ Mobile ticketing has arrived at the
Maryland Transit Administration. The
agency on Thursday introduced “Charm-
Pass,” a mobile app that allows transit
riders to purchase tickets and passes
for buses, the light rail, MARC trains and
commuter buses, and the metro subway
with a smartphone.
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MTA IS looking to improve the city’s
transit services through technology.
Kevin J. Holzendorf Wanda Y. Dunham Gary Fitzgerald
MTA
People in the News
JTA
The American Public
Transportation Association
Board of Directors
elected Jacksonville
Transportation Authority
Vice Chairman Kevin
J. Holzendorf to serve a
three-year term on the APTA
Executive Committee during
its Annual Meeting in Nashville,
TN. Holzendorf was
appointed to the JTA Board
in 2013 and reappointed
to another four-year term
in 2017.Holzendorf is an
account manager at CISCO
Systems, Inc. He has spent
his professional career in
both the private and public
sectors working in the accounting,
fi nancial services
and technology industries.
He holds a bachelor’s
degree in Accounting and
a master’s degree in Public
Administration from the
University of North Florida.
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MARTA
The Metropolitan Atlanta
Rapid Transit Authority
has promoted Chief
Wanda Y. Dunham from
assistant general manager
of police and emergency
management to chief of
system safety, security, and
emergency management/
police chief. As a member
of MARTA’s executive team,
Chief Dunham will have
expanded areas of responsibility
including the department
of safety and quality
assurance, the offi ce of the
chief information security
offi ce (CISO) in addition to
her existing responsibility
for police and emergency
management.Chief Dunham
has more than three
decades of experience
with transportation law enforcement,
and she has led
MARTA’s Police Department
since May of 2006.
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GPS Insight
GPS Insight has announced
the promotion
of Gary Fitzgerald to
chief executive officer.
Former CEO and Founder,
Rob Donat, will remain with
the company as chairman
of the Board. Wayne Holder,
the company’s controller,
moves to the chief
fi nancial offi cer role and
Jason Walker, VP of sales,
becomes chief revenue
offi cer. Fitzgerald joined
GPS Insight in November
of 2016 from GE, where
he served as an enterprise
architect for ten years.
“We are thrilled to announce
Gary’s promotion
to CEO,” said Donat. “Over
the past two years, Gary
has proven himself as a
leader within the business
and has gained the respect
of the entire team at GPS
Insight.”
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▶ The U.S. DOT has released new Federal
guidance for automated vehicles, advancing
its commitment to safe integration of
automation.
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▶ U.S. DOT Secretary Elaine L. Chao was
joined by Governor Bruce Rauner (R-IL)
and members of the Illinois congressional
delegation for a grant announcemet.
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