Transit: Simpson Sworn In as New FTA Administrator
The Federal Transit Administration has a new chief. James S. Simpson, a former New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member, was sworn in Aug. 10 as the agency's administrator.
Simpson, confirmed by the Senate to the FTA post on Aug. 3, had been chairman and CEO of Vic- tory Worldwide Transportation Inc., a moving company based in Staten Island. He was a New York MTA director from 1995 to 2005.