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June 26, 2001 |
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John Fasana New MTA Board Chair
(Los
Angeles) - John Fasana of Duarte will become the new MTA Board Chair
beginning July 1, 2001. Fasana, who has served as 1st Vice
Chair since May 24, will succeed outgoing Chair Yvonne Brathwaite Burke,
who has held the position since July 1999. Fasana
will serve as Board Chair through June 2002, following last month’s
Board vote to change the term of service from two years back to one. “I
thank Yvonne Burke for her leadership as Board Chair,” said Fasana. “I
appreciate her commitment to better transportation in Los Angeles
County.” “MTA
will succeed by partnering with the communities it serves,” he added.
“As Chair, I look forward to working with the Board and our CEO to
develop partnerships that leverage resources and lead to better
mobility.” A
city councilman and former mayor of Duarte, Fasana has served on the MTA
Board since the agency’s inception in 1993. He is one of four Board
members appointed by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee,
which is made up of representatives from the 87 cities in Los Angeles
County, excluding the City of Los Angeles. The area comprised of these 87
cities is divided into four sectors. Fasana represents the San Gabriel
Valley sector. Fasana
also serves on the Southern California Association of Governments
transportation and communications committee, the Foothill Transit
executive board, and serves as chair of the San Gabriel Valley Council of
Governments transportation committee. Fasana
graduated from Whittier College with a bachelor’s degree in business
administration. He and his wife, Kristin, have two daughters and a son. The
MTA is the regional transportation planning agency for Los Angeles County.
It operates a fleet of more than 2,200 buses in a service area of 1,433
square miles. The MTA also operates the 59.4-mile Metro Rail System and is
the primary funding agency for Metrolink, the six-county, 416-mile
commuter rail system. In
addition, the MTA funds street and highway projects, bike lanes and many
other transportation improvements throughout Los Angeles County. The
Metro Rail System includes the 17.4-mile Metro Red Line subway and two
light rail lines, the 22-mile Metro Blue Line and the 20-mile Metro Green
Line. The Metro Rail System has a combined average weekday ridership of
nearly a quarter million boarding passengers. MTA-088 |
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