![]() ![]() It was his second tour of duty at MARTA he first joined in 2005 to serve as Senior Director of Transportation Operations. ![]() Parker, who had more than 35 years of experience in the public and private sectors of the transportation industry, took on MARTA leadership in March 2018, and had been directing the agency’s “most ambitious transit expansion and modernization program” since its founding 40 years ago, according his biography on the MARTA website. “Parker understood the importance of MARTA and public transit for our city, our members, and our citizens.” “We are deeply saddened and shocked to hear of the tragic death of MARTA General Manager/CEO Jeffrey Parker,” Britt Dunams, President of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 732, said in a statement for the union, which represents more than 2,500 workers at MARTA, MARTA Mobility Gwinnett Transit, Cobb County Transit, and Fulton Services. “The entire metro Atlanta region owes him a debt of gratitude for his transformational efforts and we will not stop working to build on the foundation he created.” “As Chairwoman and on behalf of my fellow MARTA board members, we are devastated at this loss as we valued Jeff’s leadership and looked forward to him bringing his vision for transit to fruition,” Board Chair Rita Scott said in a statement. Parker, 55, died by suicide he was struck by a train at the East Lake Station in DeKalb County, Ga., the Associated Press reported on Jan. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) General Manager and CEO Jeffrey A. Moore Announces Baltimore Red Line Relaunch Tri-Rail Approved for Testing on FEC/Brightline.Transit Briefs: MBTA, NJ Transit, Rail Online, SEPTA.Transit Briefs: Honolulu DTS, NJ Transit, SCVTA, TransLink.Metrolinx Selects BCP for Bowmanville Extension.Brightline Celebrates Completion of Construction to Orlando.Transit Briefs: Amtrak, NYMTA, Metra, SEPTA, LA Metro, Caltrain.Canada TSB Releases 2022 Final Transportation Occurrence Statistics.Cando Completes Expansion of Sarnia Terminal.AAR: Carloads Up, Intermodal Down for Week Ending June 17.NARS Elects, Honors and Awards at Annual Meeting.Railroads File Suit Over CARB’s New In-Use Locomotive Regulation (Updated with TD Cowen Commentary).PHMSA Eyes Rail Safety Rule to Aid First Responders in Hazmat Incidents.Short Lines Seek Comment Period Extension for FRA’s Proposed Dispatcher, Signal Employee Certification Regs.Vizion Launches Intermodal Rail Tracking Feature.Class I Briefs: CSX, UP, CSX/NS, CPKC/CN.CPKC, Americold Partner on Cold Storage Facility Co-Location Initiative.CPKC, CSX Partner to Develop Additional Hydrogen Locomotives. ![]()
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