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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2012

S.F. MTA lays off execs to save $2M yearly

Twelve staffers were let go. The agency is $30 million over its current budget and facing projected deficits of $53.2 million over the next two years.

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Newsby StaffMarch 15, 2012

Top D.C. Metro execs made $3.1 million in 2011

GM made more money than his counterpart in New York who has an annual salary of $332,500.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2012

Ex-London Tube chief to helm Toronto Transit Commission

Andy Byford, who has been given the new title of CEO, previously worked for rail operators in Australia and the U.K., including a stint as the GM of London's Underground.

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Newsby StaffMarch 7, 2012

New Toronto commission to debate subways

The Toronto Council's decision to reconstitute the commission came in the wake of the move by a group of Ford loyalists to fire the TTC GM Gary Webster, who had spoken out against Ford's subway plan at a special council meeting last month.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 10, 2012

Former HART chief tapped to head AC Transit

David J. Armijo will replace retiring Mary King, who led the transit district since October 2009.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 10, 2012

Coach America appoints new CEO

Laura Hendricks most recently served as the company's senior VP for Business Development, overseeing strategic planning, sales and marketing.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 9, 2012

Lhota confirmed as N.Y. MTA chief

Lhota, who was chosen by Governor Andrew Cuomo to replace former MTA Chairman Jay Walder in October, promised to work to streamline the nation's largest mass transit system

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Newsby StaffJanuary 9, 2012

Toronto Transit head goes undercover as transit worker

TTC chair Karen Stintz spent 10 days posing as a transit worker for the reality show, Undercover Boss Canada, and said it gave her a new appreciation of what employees experience as they do their jobs.

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Newsby StaffDecember 9, 2011

N.Y./N.J. Port Authority makes employee salaries public

In response to criticism about its spending and reports about its payroll, the transit agency will provide full disclosure of all employee compensation for full- and part-time workers.

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Newsby StaffDecember 6, 2011

AECOM names new global transit and rail director

Keith Hampson managed and developed complicated rail projects around the world, including major initiatives in the U.K., South America, Africa, Australia and the Middle East.

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