David Gunn became the head of
Amtrak in May 2002. He intends to reorganize it for efficiency and profitability.
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- Toronto Transit Commission General Manager David Gunn will retire on April
30. He is credited with reducing staff and increasing revenues while
dealing with the loss of $100 million in provincial subsidy, to the point
where fares are covering 80.4% of costs, up from 69.3% in 1995. However
significant drops in ridership and km of bus service operated are causing
some concerns. Gunn has focussed on improving track maintenance and
equipment on the subway and on rebuilding old buses in the TTC's own
maintenance facilities. He has not agreed with some of the expensive subway
extensions, which are being imposed by political decisions. He has also
opposed politicians demanding better accessibility for transit vehicles.
Most politicians including the Toronto mayor and the TTC chair, credit his
performance since taking the job in 1995. Early in his mandate he had to
deal with the disastrous subway fire on the subway, which claimed 3 lives.
Before coming to Toronto, Gunn had held the top transit jobs in New York,
Washington, and Philadelphia, but now he plans to retire to rural Nova
Scotia and not to seek another position, though Ottawa, where the OC Transpo
General Manager was recently fired, could certainly use his services. (
source (
http://www.flora.org/afo/forum/1736))