New York transit executive selected to be new head of TTC
Mandeep Lali, who was previously in charge of subway operations at New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), will replace former TTC CEO Rick Leary, who resigned last summer.
'Mr. Lali has over two decades of global experience in transit,' Chow said during Thursday's news conference in Scarborough.
'He deeply understands public transit in a big, busy city. Mandeep Lali's depth of experience managing the most complex subway system in the world is exactly what we need to get Toronto moving.'
TTC Chair Jamaal Myers called the hiring process an 'extensive international search' that lasted nearly nine months.
He noted that Lali has 'immense experience' in both the private and public sector and has held senior roles at 'two of the world's most iconic transit system.'
In addition to his experience at the MTA, Myers said Lali spent 13 years in 'progressively senior roles' at Transport for London.
'What made Mandeep stand out among all of the outstanding candidates that we considered was his clarity of vision,' Myers said.
'When we asked him what his goal for the TTC was he said, without missing a beat, 'To make the TTC the most reliable transit system in north American.' As a lifelong ttc rider, this was music to my ears.'
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