Pat Foye

Main article: Fort Lee lane closure scandal

Foye played a key role in ending an allegedly politically motivated traffic blockage that caused gridlock in Fort Lee, New Jersey for four days in 2013. On Monday, September 9 two of three toll lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge from Fort Lee local streets were closed during morning rush hour. Local officials, emergency services, and the public were not notified of the lane closures, which Fort Lee declared a threat to public safety. ^[17] The resulting back-ups on local streets finally ended on Friday morning, September 13 when Foye ordered the two lanes reopened immediately. He said that the "hasty and ill-informed decision" to close lanes could have endangered lives and violated federal and state laws. ^[18]

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Pat Foye
14th Chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
In office April 1, 2019 [1]  –July 29, 2021 [2]

Preceded by Christopher O. Ward	Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey May 2011 – 2017	Succeeded by Rick Cotton

Political offices
Preceded by Fernando Ferrer	Chairman and CEO of the MTA 2019–present	Incumbent