Tom Lambert – Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

“We go into this together. We learn lessons together. And we apply the lessons for future opportunities together.”

It’s an honor to have Tom Lambert, President and CEO of Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) and APTA’s Outstanding Public Transportation Manager for 2018, on Transit Unplugged. Lambert shares how METRO’s redesigned bus network increased ridership. He also discusses his underlying principles for transit, METRO’s upcoming autonomous vehicle pilot, and a story of people working together during Hurricane Harvey and the impact it had on the community.

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