The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA),branded as Metro,is the county agency that plans,operates,and coordinates funding for most of the public transportation system in Los Angeles County,California,the most populated county in the United States.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority,commonly referred to as Metro,is a tri-jurisdictional public transit agency operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA provides rapid transit service under the Metrorail name,fixed-route bus service under the Metrobus brand,and paratransit service under the MetroAccess brand. In 2023,the system had a ridership of 239,741,800,or about 844,000 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
Spokane Transit Authority,more commonly Spokane Transit or STA,is the public transport authority of central Spokane County,Washington,United States,serving Spokane,Washington,and its surrounding urban areas. In 2023,the system had a ridership of 9,215,700,or about 36,000 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
David L. Gunn is a transportation system administrator who has headed several significant railroads and transit systems in North America. He was director of operations of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) from 1975 to 1979,general manager and chief operations officer of SEPTA from 1979 to 1984,president of the New York City Transit Authority from 1984 to 1990,the general manager at WMATA from 1991 to 1994,and chief general manager of the Toronto Transit Commission in Canada from 1995 to 1999. Gunn assumed the presidency of Amtrak on May 15,2002,and held the position until political upheaval at the company in 2005. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada,Gunn retired to his family home on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia,Canada. He is currently associated with the Free Congress Foundation and the board of the Strait Area Transit Cooperative transit service in rural Richmond County,among other roles.
Richard A. White is an American public transportation official who was the CEO and general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority during 1996–2006. Prior to joining WMATA as CEO,he was the general manager at Bay Area Rapid Transit in the San Francisco area. White also spent six years with the federal Urban Mass Transit Administration,which is now the Federal Transit Administration. White is from Massachusetts.
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority,officially stylized as CapMetro,is a public transportation provider located in Austin,Texas. It operates bus,paratransit services and a hybrid rail system known as CapMetro Rail in Austin and several suburbs in Travis and Williamson counties. In 2023,the system had a ridership of 25,229,400,or about 83,300 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
CapMetro Rail is a hybrid rail system that serves the Greater Austin area in Texas and is owned by CapMetro,Austin's primary public transportation provider. The Red Line is CapMetro's first and currently only rail line,and connects Downtown Austin with Austin's northwestern suburbs. The line operates on 32 miles (51 km) of existing freight tracks,and serves 10 stations. After a series of delays,CapMetro Rail was inaugurated in March 2010. CapMetro added Friday evening and Saturday afternoon and evening regularly scheduled service on March 23,2012. In 2023,the line had a ridership of 485,400,or about 1,600 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
The Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) is the transit police agency of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA),created by the WMATA Compact on June 4,1976.
Daniel Mark Tangherlini is an American government official who currently serves as a Governor of the United States Postal Service. He served as administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration from 2012 to 2015. Unanimously approved to the post by the U.S. Senate on June 27,2013,he had served as Acting Administrator since his appointment by President Barack Obama on April 2,2012. He earlier served as an executive in the U.S. Department of the Treasury,as City Administrator of Washington,D.C.,and as interim General Manager for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
John B. Catoe,Jr. is the former general manager of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority from 2007 to 2010. He was sworn in on January 27,2007,replacing Jack Requa,the acting General Manager. Catoe was born and raised in a low-income area of Washington,D.C.,and spent the majority of his childhood in the city,graduating from Spingarn High School. In his early 20s he moved to Southern California where he received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Redlands,Redlands. California. He currently resides in Santa Monica,California.
Richard A. Davey is an American attorney and transportation executive. He was the Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from September 2011 to October 2014 and previously the General Manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority from March 2010 to September 2011. He was also the President of the New York City Transit Authority from 2022 to 2024.
Andrew Byford is a British transport executive who has held several management-level positions in transport authorities around the world,such as the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC),New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA),Transport for London (TfL),Sydney's then RailCorp,and currently Amtrak.
The Eno Center for Transportation is a non-profit,independent organization based in Washington,D.C.,with the stated mission of shaping public debate on critical multimodal transportation issues and to build an innovative network of transportation professionals. The Center was created and endowed in Westport,Connecticut,by William Phelps Eno,a pioneer in the field of traffic control.
CapMetro Rapid is a bus rapid transit service in Austin,Texas,owned and operated by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro). It currently consists of two routes which run north-south served by stations designed by McKinney York Architects.
Carmen E. Turner was an American administrator who served as Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and General Manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro).
Thomas E. "Tom" Margro is a mass transportation executive,and general manager for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit district from 1996 to 2007. He was CEO of the Transportation Corridor Agencies from 2007 to 2012.
Project Connect is a transit expansion program by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) in Austin,Texas,U.S. The program was approved by voters on November 3,2020,in a local election concurrent with the 2020 presidential election.
Phillip A. Washington is an American governmental administrator working as the CEO of Denver International Airport. He was previously CEO of the Los Angeles Metro,and served as the head of president Joe Biden's transportation transition team. In July 2022 Biden nominated Washington to serve as administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration,but Congress delayed taking action to confirm him over concerns about his lack of expertise in the area and Washington withdrew from the nomination on March 25,2023.
Nuria I. Fernandez is a civil engineer who served as the administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA),from June 10,2021 to February 24,2024. After she was appointed as deputy administrator of the FTA on January 21,2021,she served as the acting administrator until her confirmation in June. Fernandez has held leadership positions in large transit agencies,including as general manager and chief executive officer of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority from 2014 to 2021,chief operating officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) from 2011 to 2014,and senior vice president of design and construction for both the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) from 1994 to 1997.
Paul J. Wiedefeld is an American politician serving as the Maryland Secretary of Transportation under Governor Wes Moore since 2023. He was previously the general manager of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority from 2015 to 2022,the chief executive officer of the Maryland Aviation Administration from 2002 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2015,and the administrator of the Maryland Transportation Administration from 2007 to 2009.
