Rob Stephens has joined the Midland-Odessa Urban Transit District (EZ Rider), Odessa, TX, as its general manager. He is a vice president of ­McDonald Transit Associates Inc., which operates public transit service under contract.

Stephens came to EZ Rider from Longview, TX, where he was general manager of Longview Transit Management through McDonald from May 2010 to November 2012. Previously, he was director of transportation for the Concho Valley Council of ­Governments, San Angelo, TX.

He served as chairman of the East Texas Regional Transportation Coordination Planning Steering Committee charged with addressing Chapter 461 of HB 3588, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2003, requiring that state planning regions prepare regional transit coordination plans.

In 2012, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst appointed Stephens to the Texas DOT Commission Public Transportation Advisory Committee.