The T Celebrates
Ridership on The T has grown from 5.2 to nearly 9 million annual passenger trips, since the creation of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority by voters on November 8, 1983.
In recognition of its 25th anniversary, The T has launched a year-long celebration. President Dick Ruddell was joined by Mr. T. Boone Pickens, who praised The T’s use of natural gas to run its buses.
Pickens, a recent guest on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show, used The T as an example of industry leaders going green with CNG powered trucks and buses.
Congratulations to TTA Board Member, J.R. Salazar of Central Texas Rural Transit District, who has been named as the new Vice Chair to PTAC.
El Paso’s Sun Metro held their first annual Christina Gomez Memorial Regional Bus Roadeo recently. Jose Hernandez (pictured on the right) held onto his championship status in the 25-ft. Paratransit Division. Things got so exciting there was a tie for first place in the 40-ft. Bus Division.