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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. more >>
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Bev's Tips for a Better Worklife
Clearways Consulting, LLC Newsletter
01.19.10
Thinking About A New Career Direction?
Consider These Tips From Sherry Little
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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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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Spartan Solutions LLC’s Mysore Nagaraja
Executive Predictions
Mass Transit
December 2009/January 2010
 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.
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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. 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. more >>
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Simpson, Little, Nagaraja launch new venture
Metro Magazine
April 14, 2009
The Federal Transit Administration’s former Administrator James S. Simpson and former Deputy Administrator Sherry Little have joined with Mysore Nagaraja, former president of the Capital Construction Co., to form a new venture, Spartan Solutions Inc. more >> |
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Strategic guidance for transportation projects
Tunnel Talk
March 2009
A trio of high profile former administrators has joined forces to provide comprehensive strategic advice to private industry, state transportation departments, and transit operators poised to implement billions in capital transportation projects across the United States. more >> |
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Former FTA, New York MTA execs form transportation consulting firm
Progressive Railroading
03.18.09
Three former federal transportation and transit industry movers and shakers have teamed up to form a consulting firm that aims to help transit agencies, private businesses and state transportation departments maximize the billions of dollars available for capital transportation projects through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — and the influx of billions more when the new surface transportation bill is approved. more >> |
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Simpson, Little, Nagaraja Form Spartan Solutions
Passenger Transport
03.02.09
Three former federal transportation and transit industry officials have formed Spartan Solutions Inc. to provide comprehensive strategic advisory services to private industry, state transportation departments, and transit operators. more >> |
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Mass Transit Being Squeezed From Stimulus Plan
New York Construction
01.27.09
 Bad news recently came to the Ravitch Commission and those who favor its recent funding proposals for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The U.S. House Appropriations Committee just whittled down President Barack Obama’s transportation stimulus package to pave the way for more tax cuts... “I hope the administration will reconsider it,” said Mysore Nagaraja, the former head of the MTA’s construction arm. If not, he warns, “The situation will be going back to the 1970s, which I don’t think anybody wants to see.” He believes that, without more funds, New Yorkers will see the return of widespread layoffs and service delays. more >> |
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