On January 1, we started operations for our new client - Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority (StanRTA) – and their newly merged services, “The S”. We are now operating 100% of “The S” services. This includes the operations and management of 123 vehicles and 190 employees.

We are excited that our new partnership with the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) started over the holiday weekend. Transdev is now overseeing COTA’s Mainstream Paratransit and Mainstream On-Demand services.

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. On this day, as well as the throughout the year, we are appreciative of the diversity of our passengers and our employees.

Congratulations to Elena Daempfle, our VP of Finance, on being named one of Mass Transit’s top 40 under 40 for 2021.

During the American Public Transportation Association EXPO (APTA EXPO) last week in Orlando, we were excited that Metro Magazine published one of our recent articles which discusses Transdev’s approach to passenger experience. The article highlights our commitment to listening, understanding, and continuously improving upon the passenger experience. The link to the article is included in this story.

NATA, the North American Transit Alliance, just announced that our CEO Laura Hendricks has recently been elected to be NATA’s vice chair. Congratulations Laura!

We are excited to announce the continuation of our partnership with Lextran Management for another five years. This longstanding partnership with Lextran now extends more than 20+ years - what a great story of success.

Metro Magazine recently featured an article by Transdev’s SVP of Business Development, W.C. Pihl. The article provides an international perspective (a case study from Nantes, France) of what possibilities are available when the private and public transit sectors work together.

Excited to announce that our new partnership with TriMet in Portland, Oregon to operate its LIFT Paratransit services had a great start up last week. As part of this contract, we are operating TriMet’s fleet of 226 paratransit vehicles with more than 200 employees.

We just launched our new partnership with the Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois (RTA). We are managing their ADA paratransit eligibility certification process and their customer service call center, along with conducting their travel training operations.