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1977: PT Covers the New Administration
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As Passenger Transport celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding, we will feature short articles summarizing some of the important news, people and events from past issues.
As the Trump administration and a new Congress get down to business after a busy inauguration, Passenger Transport took a look in its archives to find its very first coverage of a presidential transition. Here’s a snapshot of that report:
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Following the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter on Jan. 20, 1977, Passenger Transport ran several stories related to changes at DOT and FTA, then known as the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA).
“Former Congressman Brock Adams was sworn in as Secretary of Transportation Jan. 23 at a White House ceremony along with seven other members of President Jimmy Carter’s cabinet,” PT reported in a front-page story in the Jan. 28 issue. “As Adams takes his seat at the helm of DOT, wholesale changes are underway at UMTA.”
The issue also included a farewell letter from outgoing UMTA Administrator Robert E. Patricelli, who called himself “a faithful reader of Passenger Transport,” and the text of a letter to Carter from APTA Chairman James J. McDonough.
“APTA members have been greatly heartened by your campaign stands and by your statements and actions since your election on the issues of most concern to the transit industry,” McDonough’s letter stated. “We stand ready to be of assistance to you.”
Passenger Transport regularly covered presidential transitions in subsequent years, with its first Inauguration Day ridership report in 2005.
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