December 21, 2009
Check the classifieds in this issue for information about numerous managerial and supervisory positions!
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| 2009: THE YEAR IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION |
Public Transportation in 2009: A Look Back in Pictures
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White House photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama signs the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Feb. 17 in Denver. |
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Photo by Herman Sandoval, LYNX
APTA Chair M.P. Carter speaks to the APTA membership at the Oct. 5 Opening General Session of the Annual Meeting in Orlando. |
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Photo by Herman Sandoval, LYNX
DOT Secretary Ray LaHood and FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff join APTA leaders and LYNX employees holding up signs that spell out “252,000 JOBS!”—the number of public transit jobs created since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—at the Oct. 5 Opening General Session of the APTA Annual Meeting in Orlando. |
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White House Photo/Chuck Kennedy
President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, announces the administration’s vision for high-speed rail. |
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Photo by Jim Berard/House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
APTA shares its compendium of ARRA public transportation projects—and the jobs they create and support—with legislators and transportation leaders at a Dec. 2 event in Washington. From left are APTA President William Millar; Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA); Peter DeFazio (D-OR); and James Oberstar (D-MN); and AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley. |
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Photo by Steve Barrett
Speakers at the 2009 APTA Legislative Conference include Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. |
Photo by Herman Sandoval, LYNX
FTA Administrator Peter M. Rogoff addresses the APTA Business Member Board of Governors during the 2009 APTA Annual Meeting. |
Photo by Heather Trimm
APTA 2008-2009 Chair Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D., welcomes participants to the APTA Bus & Paratransit Conference in Seattle. |
Photo by Brian Oh
Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo speaks of the current “rail renaissance” at the 2009 APTA Rail Conference in Chicago. |
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Central Link light rail, which opened July 18 in the Seattle area, is the first component of a light rail network that eventually will cover 55 miles regionally. |
Port Authority of Allegheny County workers in Pittsburgh celebrate a breakthrough in the North Shore Connector light rail project when the 500-ton tunnel boring machine completed the second of two tunnels underneath the Allegheny River on Jan. 15. |
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Photo by Steve Barrett
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the U.S. International Council on Disabilities, and APTA join together July 26 in Washington to honor former Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta for his lifelong commitment to accessibility and disability rights. From left are APTA President William Millar; Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Mineta; and Michael Winter of FTA. |
APTA showcases its “Public Transportation Takes Us There” campaign with ads in two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail stations on Capitol Hill. |
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A video depicting a woman “breaking up” with a gas pump took the top prize in APTA’s recent “Dump the Pump” contest for online videos generated by public transportation riders |
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Photo by Heather Trimm
Bus transit professionals examine a range of bus and paratransit vehicles during the 2009 APTA Bus & Paratransit Conference in Seattle. |
Photo by Herman Sandoval, LYNX
This year’s APTA Annual Meeting in Orlando was the first to include a Products and Services Showcase. |
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Photo by Brian Oh
Crowds at the APTA Rail Conference in Chicago listen to Metra Executive Director Philip Pagano at the Opening General Session June 15. |
Photo by John Bell
A competitor in the 2009 APTA Bus Roadeo operators’ competition displays his previous experience. |
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