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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Nov 13, 2020, 10:58 AM Nov 2020

LA Metro's Washington to lead Biden's transportation transition team; AAR, ASLRRA welcome Biden

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LA Metro's Washington to lead Biden's transportation transition team; AAR, ASLRRA welcome president-elect

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have named Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) Chief Executive Officer Phil Washington as the transportation transition team leader for the Biden-Harris administration.

The team will be responsible for evaluating the U.S. Department of Transportation's operations so that the administration is prepared when Biden and Harris take office on Jan. 20, 2021. In addition, the team will review the National Transportation Safety Board, Amtrak and the Federal Maritime Commission, Biden-Harris team officials said in a press release.

Washington has been CEO of LA Metro since 2015. He manages a $7 billion budget, is responsible for overseeing $18 billion to $20 billion in capital projects and provides oversight of an agency with 11,000 employees that, in a typical year, transports 1.2 million boarding passengers daily on a fleet of 2,200 buses and six rail lines. ... Prior to joining LA Metro, Washington was CEO of the Regional Transportation District of Denver (RTD) from 2009 to 2015. Before that, he served as the agency's assistant general manager for 10 years.

Other members of the Biden-Harris transportation transition team include Therese McMillan, executive director of the San Francisco Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission and former deputy administrator of the Federal Transit Administration; and Polly Trottenberg, commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation.

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LA Metro's Washington to lead Biden's transportation transition team; AAR, ASLRRA welcome Biden (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 OP
These All Seem Like Excellent Choices - Hope They Have a Team to Review the USPS Too n/t Indykatie Nov 2020 #1

Indykatie

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1. These All Seem Like Excellent Choices - Hope They Have a Team to Review the USPS Too n/t
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 11:23 AM
Nov 2020

We need to finally address the burden that the USPS is carrying because of GOP insistence that future retirement liability be funded for 75 years or some such non-sense. No other organization is required to do that.

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