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Metro bomb attacks heighten worldwide alert
TunnelTalk
March 2010
After the blasts in Moscow, survivors spoke of the thick suffocating smoke and a surge by the crowds to escape up the escalators. This could have caused more loss of life than the blasts themselves.
In the aftermath of the attack in Moscow, mass transit systems around the world have heightened security and have reviewed emergency procedures.
"It is not possible to have a 100% secure system or install security screening for underground systems similar to those used at airports for example," said Mysore Nagaraja, Co-founder and President of infrastructure development and management firm Spartan Solutions in the USA, and formerly the President of Capital Construction for the MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) in New York, in charge of delivering $20 billion in capital works and managing a $1.1 billion security improvement investment for the New York Subway following the attacks on the city of 9/11 2001. read more >>
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 Simpson, Weinstein Named to NJ Transit Posts
Passenger Transport
02.19.10
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has nominated former Federal Transit Administrator (FTA) James S. Simpson to the transportation commissioner post and chairman of the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) Board of Directors. In addition, James Weinstein, a past state transportation commissioner, was named executive director of NJ Transit. read more >>
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Thinking About A New Career Direction? Consider These Tips From Sherry Little
Clearways Consulting, LLC Newsletter
"Bev's Tips for a Better Worklife"
01.19.10
After years as a well-staffed senior federal official, Sherry Little was nervous
when she contemplated becoming one of the first partners in a new company.
Not only did she have to quickly learn to behave like an entrepreneur, but also
she had to perform effectively without the expertise and structure she had come
to take for granted. Download Full Article
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Spartan Solutions LLC's Mysore Nagaraja
Executive Predictions
Mass Transit
January 2010/December 2009
 The United States' largest, most costly and complex public transportation development projects in history, in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere are now under way, commanding enormous capital and risk management resources.
Spartan Solutions, LLC was created by a small group of transportation and infrastructure construction professionals in 2009 in order to provide cost-effective and most-efficient solutions to public and private owners and investors undertaking these projects.
Private investors and the development community are eyeing the transportation sector as a long-term investment vehicle - but putting together successful public-private partnership deals requires considerable expertise. Public sector capital projects typically experience cost overruns and schedule delays due to miriad of reasons. read more >>
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Billion Dollar Brains
New Civil Engineer
11.26.09
People: Management
Mysore Nagaraja, 68 Consultant for New York City on water and waste water programmes. Former chief engineer New York Metropolitan Transit Authority.
Nagaraja was involved in more than $40bn worth of investment on New York’s subway where his projects included the $8bn scheme to connect the Long Island railroad into Grand Central Station. He is currently troubleshooting on the city’s $10bn water and waste water programme. “Dealing with political interference can be really difficult. Once you establish the budget everyone expects you hold to that budget and schedule.” Download Full Article
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 Top 40 Under Forty
Mass Transit
September/October 2009
New Flyer congratulates the recipients of Mass Transit’s 2009 Top 40 Under 40 Award, honoring those professionals who have made significant contributions to the public transit industry. Honorees were nominated by their peers and judged on criteria that included job commitment, industry involvement and contribution, achievement in his or her position and innovation in his or her field.
Sherry Little was selected for the Top 40 Under 40 list
Sherry Little served for eight years as a senior professional staff member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, she oversaw the implementation of TEA-21. And, as the chairman’s primary advisor on public transportation, she authored the Senate’s version of SAFETEA-LU.
During the Bush Administration, Little served as the deputy administrator, then acting administrator of the Federal Transit Administration from February 2007 until January 2009. Little led a staff of more than 500 in Washington, D.C., and 10 regional offices around the United States and managed a budget of approximately $10 billion. read more >> |
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Mass Transit Announces its Top 40 Under 40 List
Melodika.net
03.25.09
Mass Transit, the only magazine exclusively dedicated to public transportation, announces the first annual Mass Transit Top 40 Under 40 list, honoring those professionals who have made significant contributions to the public transit industry. Honorees were nominated by their peers and judged on criteria that included job commitment, industry involvement and contribution, achievement in his or her position and innovation in his or her field.
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