July 20, 2022

Daring to be Innovative and Reliable in South Bay

Sometimes plans and schedules change when you least expect it. How our teams rise to the occasion and dare to find the solutions is how we deliver on our purpose for our clients.

Recently, our South Bay team in San Diego got word from our MTS client that on-site electric charging stations needed to be installed and the project would take three months to complete. Breaking ground would start in 3 weeks. The team had to make their location ready, specifically their parking lot. A big job – but, the team quickly developed a plan to execute it. They’d be ready.

Then, a drastic change came – just 24 hours later. The timeline changed – from breaking ground in 3 weeks to breaking ground in 1 week and needing all 190 employee parking spaces available in 7 days.

The team quickly pulled together – shared their ideas – and were innovative in their solutions like:

Converting the Recruitment Cutaway to a Mobile Dispatch Unit (MDU)
Increasing the efficiency where drivers check in and report to their assigned bus
Moving where their relief and shuttle vehicles were parked to an offsite location
Maximizing trolley network to take drivers to their assigned stations to pick up their schedules

Thanks to a true team effort from everyone – operations team, safety, maintenance team, IT and the drivers – the client’s deadline was met, and Transdev’s South Bay team showed how innovative, reliable and service-oriented they can be.

Congratulations to Juan Lopez and his team.

In Other News

Calling All Transdev Vets!

To recognize and thank our military veterans for their service and for choosing Transdev as their second career, we launched our Transdev Veterans Pin program last November. If you would like to participate, simply fill out our form to get your pin. Pins are distributed twice a year (November and May).

Women’s History Month: Thoughts from Norma Zamora

As Women's History Month comes to an end, check out our last highlight from the field and read about what Norma Zamora, our Area Vice President - Transit Management Service, has to say about making a difference as a Mexican American woman in Brownsville, Texas.

Transdev checks off bucket list item for one lucky team member in a SUPER way!

Since Las Vegas was center stage for football’s biggest show last month, leading up to the game, the local team decided to take the opportunity to raffle a very special prize to one lucky employee as a thank you to our teams for their hard work and commitment throughout the year. Check out how it all worked out in the full story.