US: Abrupt APTA Resignation Causes Public Transit Stir

The public transit industry is reeling after news spread on Monday about the abrupt resignation of Michael Melaniphy, the American Public Transportation Association’s president and CEO.

The announcement came just a couple weeks after New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced plans to dump APTA (and nix their $400,000 annual payment), laying out their criticisms in a seven-page breakup letter outlining the group’s shortcomings and criticizing the leadership team’s “deep divisions,” snubbing of legacy transit agencies, and expensive executive salaries, among other issues.

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