CDTA representatives will attend the APTA conference in early October in Atlanta to receive the award.
The move was prompted by a March 25 incident when local police were unable to see inside a bus where a gunman had barricaded himself.
Luis Manuel Ramírez, who most recently has run his own strategic and turnaround business consulting firm, will succeed Interim GM Steve Poftak on September 12.
In partnership with Network Rail, they will conduct an independent review of the interaction, coordination, and collaboration between the railroads’ various passenger concourses within Penn Station and provide recommendations to improve the design, functionality, communications, and coordination at this critical station.
The unit reduces heavy lifting of the caliper, hub, and rotor from the vehicle.