Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26. The day commemorates the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted women the constitutional right to vote.

We are proud to announce that we recently entered into a partnership with Latinos In Transit (LIT) at their Diamante level. LIT’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion align well with our priorities, as we continue to encourage our employees to get involved and give back to the communities we serve.

If you haven't already, remember to download our MY (Moving You) mobile app to stay connected and informed about colleagues and activities around the world.

Our team in Phoenix recently hosted their local Channel 15 (ABC affiliate) TV station on site. The station put together a story highlighting the growing trend that people are facing around the need to transition jobs / careers, at different stages of their lives, as a result of pandemic-related job loss. One of Phoenix’s new hires, Operator Joel Nieto, was interviewed.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Susan Sweat as our Chief Operating Officer for Transdev U.S., effective July 6, 2021. Susan will report to Laura Hendricks, CEO of Transdev U.S., and will join the Transdev U.S. Executive Committee.

Today is Social Media Day. It’s a great opportunity for us to thank all of you who follow us, retweet us and like us on our various social media channels. If you haven’t had a chance to follow Transdev North America on social media yet – today is a great day to start.

Another great start-up is set to launch on July 1, 2021 as our new partnership with the City of Lodi in San Joaquin County, California begins. We will be managing the operations of the City of Lodi’s GrapeLine and VineLine services.

We are excited to kick off our new partnership with SolTrans to provide transit services in South Solano County starting July 1, 2021. We will be operating the multimodal SolTrans system within the cities of Benicia and Vallejo, with regional connections to Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in Contra Costa County.

This week, we kicked off our new, three-year partnership with MARTA Mobility. We are managing and operating MARTA’s centralized ADA paratransit scheduling and dispatching services, along with their ADA paratransit eligibility certification process.

Our AVs don’t fly… “yet”, but we are excited to announce that we have launched a three-month autonomous vehicle pilot at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.