Phil Washington, general manager of Denver's Regional Transportation District since 2009, is leaving the agency to become the head of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the third-largest public transit system in the U.S. Washington has earned praise for managing construction of RTD's $5.3-billion FasTracks program, which is building 122 miles of new commuter rail lines and dozens of stations across the Denver area.
Lakewood, Colo.-based civil and structural engineering firm Martin/Martin Inc. has promoted two associates to principal. Firm principal Jerry May is a water/wastewater expert who joined Martin/Martin in 2012. May has extensive experience in the planning, design, construction, monitoring and operations of water, wastewater, solid waste and environmental systems. He also has federal, municipal, Native American tribal and special district experience in Colorado and New Mexico.