The Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX) Board of Directors in Orlando has chosen John M. Lewis Jr., chief executive officer of the GRTC Transit System in Richmond, VA, to be its new chief executive officer. Contract negotiations are underway.

Edward L. Johnson is serving in the post on an interim basis. The previous chief executive officer, Linda S. Watson, left LYNX in July to head the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Austin, TX.

Lewis has more than 15 years experience in the transportation industry. Before joining GRTC, he spent four years as director of rail operations and director of bus operations at the Maryland Transit Administration for Maryland DOT.

For APTA, he is vice chair of the Leadership APTA Committee and a member of the Legislative Committee, Bus Operations Committee, and Bus and Paratransit CEOs Committee.

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