Posts tagged General Manager Search
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Breakfast links: Take me to your leader
A new GM, again; Stadium-Armory progress; Here comes the highway bill; Future DC is all TOD; It’s all about the beer; Unemployement inequality; A morbid map. Keep reading…
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WMATA gets a new General Manager
Paul Wiedefeld, who most recently ran BWI Airport and the Maryland Transit Administration before that, will be WMATA’s next General Manager, the agency announced in a press release. Wiedefeld will be formally appointed on November 19. What do you think of the pick? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Womp womp
WMATA GM? Nope; Virginia votes; Campaign against I-66 tolls; Is this justice?; The 5A lives; Union Market housing boom; Grab a ride; Guilty on all charges; DC vs. Bahamas; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tolls, top dogs, and time off
One-way tolls only; More on Mr. Cohen; Paid leave in Montgomery; Fairfax bikeshare; Prince George’s jobs; No new people for AU Park; Rising rent; Spooky sidenotes. Keep reading…
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WMATA picks a new General Manager from outside the transit world
The WMATA Board has chosen a candidate for General Manager. His name is Neal Cohen and he comes from the airline and aerospace industry, mostly on the finance side. Is he what WMATA needs? We don’t know a whole lot yet. He hasn’t even gotten the job; the board is currently negotiating with him over his compensation package. If he takes the job, he’ll be stepping… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Got a GM
A general manager, almost; More time for PTC; Teetering toward tolls; Creative cops; Test the testing; Drive-to urbanism; For the public good, or not; The self-driving choice; Idaho in Europe. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take the wheel
At last, leadership?; Mission: fix Metro; False start; The feds are here; Home is where the Wizards are; Plans for stadium roll along; Change of dinner plans; Get em’ college ready; And…. Keep reading…
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What WMATA can learn from DC Water (and its leader)
George Hawkins, who runs DC Water, the water and sewer authority, has some suggestions for digging WMATA out of the huge hole it’s found itself in. And they’re right on. In a blog post, Hawkins writes, “In many ways, DC Water was in a very similar predicament when I started in 2009. It was the Authority’s nadir for a myriad of reasons but chief among it was… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bishop of Brookland
He’s here!; No Popemageddon; More Metro madness; Fill the opening; Proceed with housing; Familiar phenomenon; MJ in MD; Do your job, ANCs; Hit and run. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Help wanted
Job unwanted; Slow MoCo; Vote of no confidence; Merger short-circuited; Watch your step; Beyond White Flint; Region is changing; Bridge to the new; And…. Keep reading…