NYC Transit President Howard Roberts resigns in wake of Jay Walder's elevation to MTA

[Cait Sith]

NYC Transit President Howard Roberts is leaving the station - with a severance package of approximately $300,000, officials said Wednesday.

 

His resignation was accepted Wednesday morning by MTA Chairman Jay Walder, ending Roberts' 2 1/2-year-run as top executive of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's bus and subway division, the MTA said.

 

Walder - on the job just one month - had promised to bring new leadership to the MTA, which also operates two commuter railroads and has other divisions.

 

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You know, now that he's gone, Flxible Bus #236 might finally see daylight, holiday vintage bus anyone?!

[LRG]

And Walder is from London too...Londonites are known for having a subway system with old rolling stock that's taken care of and put to use. This may probably mean that the R32s may stick around for a little but longer cuz the oldest rolling stock car London had was 60 when it retired a couple years ago.

[Cait Sith]

And Walder is from London too...Londonites are known for having a subway system with old rolling stock that's taken care of and put to use. This may probably mean that the R32s may stick around for a little but longer cuz the oldest rolling stock car London had was 60 when it retired a couple years ago.

 

I hope Jay Walder does a way better job. So far from what he has proposed, he has gotten my vote. This may be a start of a new beginning

[LRG]

I hope Jay Walder does a way better job. So far from what he has proposed, he has gotten my vote. This may be a start of a new beginning

 

You said it! :tup:

[rr4567]

C'mon Walder! Make the system faster (I mean....London's Tube lines are fast, right? )

[SoSpectacular]

The future is looking brighter!

 

I'd love to see some vintage buses out in full force for holiday service!!

[SubwayGuy]

The future is looking brighter!

 

I'd love to see some vintage buses out in full force for holiday service!!

 

That has been done before, you just have to know where to look

[LRG]

That has been done before, you just have to know where to look

 

That is correct. Last year, they ran a vintage bus along one of the crosstown lines.

[INDman]

That is correct. Last year, they ran a vintage bus along one of the crosstown lines.

 

Not to mention that the museum trains do run often.

[LRG]

Not to mention that the museum trains do run often.

 

Correct again, whether they are fan trips or regular service runs.

[SubwayGuy]

Not to mention that the museum trains do run often.

 

Yup just within the past 12 months or so alone:

 

-Lo-V's for last game of Old Yankee Stadium

-ToMC/Redbirds for last game of Shea Stadium

-Holiday Arnines (5 or 6 weeks in Nov/Dec '09)

-Arnines for Duke Ellington Day out to the Rockaways

-Lo-V's for first game of New Yankee Stadium

-ToMC/Lo-Vs for June nostalgia train

-Arnines for August nostalgia train

-Lo-V's for many of the home Yankees playoff games

 

there might've been others, but this is most

[Urbanfortitude]

meh the old guy looks ready for a rockin chair anyway >.>

[MAA89]

And Walder is from London too...Londonites are known for having a subway system with old rolling stock that's taken care of and put to use. This may probably mean that the R32s may stick around for a little but longer cuz the oldest rolling stock car London had was 60 when it retired a couple years ago.

 

Is he really a Londoner? I was told Walder was from the Rockaways and that he went to Beach Channel High School.

[St Louis Car 09]

 

Is he really a Londoner? I was told Walder was from the Rockaways and that he went to Beach Channel High School.

LOL imagine that.He probably did grow up in the rockaways but moved to London.

[INDman]

Is he really a Londoner? I was told Walder was from the Rockaways and that he went to Beach Channel High School.

 

His last job was in London on the tube. He is an American though.