September/October 2016

Candace Toth, Capital Signage Specialist Design, Engineering & Construction Management, Architecture & Art Division, Sound Transit

Candace Brakewood, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, The City College of New York

Martha Elena Coello, AICP, Senior Transportation Planner IV, Fairfax County Department of Transportation

Abby Thorne-Lyman, Manager of Planning, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART)

Katie Gagnon, Special Projects Manager, Foothill Transit

Yoav Hagler, Sr. Technical Specialist, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Jason C. Henry, B.Sc., Manager of Transit, City for Grande Prairie (Grande Prairie Transit)

David Cooper, Senior Transportation Planner, City Planning Division, City of Toronto

Chang Yang, Assistant Transportation Manager, Metro Transit

Cecil O. Blandon, Director of Maintenance, First Transit de Panamá, Transporte Masivo de Panamá, S.A. (MiBus)

Caroline Ducas, P.E., Senior Transit Planner, VHB

Amanda M. Denham, M.P.A., Manager of Support Services, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)

Britt Tanner, P.E., Senior Engineer, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

Brendan Conway, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Milwaukee County Transit System

2016 Top 40 Under 40: Björn Rådström, P. Eng., Manager of Service Development, Winnipeg Transit

Benjamin Owen, Community Planner, Federal Transit Administration

Alex Harnocz, Transit Service Planner, Akron Metro RTA

Avital Barnea, Policy Analyst, United States Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary

Lyssa Leitner, AICP, Gold Line BRT Project Manager, Washington County

Jacob Simmons, M.S.TM, Senior Transit Operations Planner, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

Matt Cole, President, Cubic Transportation Systems

Pasadena, Calif. Debra Fiori Sr. Vice President, Corporate Talent ManagementParsonsWe review our succession plan annually to ensure we are identifying and developing our talent...

Matthew Conover, Service Analyst Supervisor, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA)

Kendra Bullard, Senior Manager Mobility Management Planning, DART Mobility Management Services

James Campbell, Assistant Vice President, Manager of Business Development, Rail, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Brandy L. Jones, APR, External Affairs Manager, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority/Cincinnati Metro

Paul Lewis, Vice President of Policy and Finance, Eno Center for Transportation

Brett C.S. Roberts, MBA, Sr. Construction Relations Officer Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority

Heather M Pekar, Vice President, Information Technology at MTM, Inc. and Ride Right, LLC

Transit agencies need to budget for dealing with aggressive vandalism before it grows out of hand and is too late.

Shannon D. Haney, GISP, Intelligent Transportation Systems Coordinator, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART)

Peter Brown B.E. (Civil), PMP, Principal Construction Manager, Sound Transit

Michael Haynes, Manager, Transit Systems Support (IT), Chicago Transit Authority

Brandon Policicchio, Deputy Chief Operations Officer, Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA)

Shawn M. Donaghy, Chief Operating Officer and Vice President, Fort Worth Transportation Authority

Joshua B. Diamond, Project Manager & Transit Service Planning Practice Lead, Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning

Gheorghe Rosca Jr., PE MBA, Project Manager – Associate Vice President , HDR

Nathaniel Atherstone, Transportation Manager, City of Fairfield/Fairfield and Suisun Transit

Michael Finnern, Director of Customer Service, Proterra

Last WordsNational View2016 Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant recipients[jpg image shows locations]MassTransitmag.com/12238305Breakdown2016 ...

With control over both the White House and the U.S. Senate on the line, the outcome of the November elections will have a profound impact on the future of the federal surface ...