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Chief of public transit systems in Boston, NYC, London dies
By: The Associated Press//August 10, 2016//
Chief of public transit systems in Boston, NYC, London dies
By: The Associated Press//August 10, 2016//
Listen to this articleCHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — The man credited with revitalizing and modernizing public transportation networks in Boston, New York and London has died. Robert Kiley was 80.
A family spokesman says Kiley died Tuesday at his Martha’s Vineyard home of complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
Kiley revived Boston’s public transport system in the 1970s and New York’s in the 1980s. He was commissioner of transport for London from 2001 to 2006, overseeing the rebuilding of the century-old Tube, its stations, subway cars and rail infrastructure.
In Boston, he ended decades of patronage by introducing a lottery system for hiring drivers and workers, opening well-paid jobs at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to minorities and women.
In New York, he instituted management reforms and secured $8 billion in state capital funds to rebuild the system.
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