Bob Kiley
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Robert R. Kiley (September 16, 1935 – August 9, 2016) was an American public transit planner and supervisor, with a reputation of being able to save transit systems experiencing serious problems. From 2001 to 2006 he was the initial Commissioner of Transport for London, the public organisation empowered with running and maintaining London's public transport network.[4]
Robert R. Kiley | |
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Commissioner of Transport for London | |
In office October 2000 – 2006 | |
Appointed by | Ken Livingstone |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Peter Hendy |
5th Chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority | |
In office November 16, 1983 – January 2, 1991[1] | |
Governor | Mario Cuomo |
Preceded by | Richard Ravitch |
Succeeded by | Peter Stangl |
CEO of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | |
In office 1975–1979 | |
Preceded by | Joseph C. Kelly |
Succeeded by | Robert Foster |
Deputy Mayor of Boston | |
In office 1972–1975 | |
Appointed by | Kevin White |
Succeeded by | Katherine Kane[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | (1935-09-16)September 16, 1935 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Died | August 9, 2016(2016-08-09) (aged 80) Chilmark, Massachusetts[3] |
Alma mater | University of Notre Dame, Indiana |
Occupation | Deputy mayor of Boston, 1974-1977 CEO of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, 1975-1979 Chairman, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), 1983-1990 Commissioner of Transport for London, 2001-2006 |
Known for | Public transport planner |
Kiley also worked as a CIA agent, as the CEO of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Deputy Mayor of Boston, the chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and as President and CEO of the New York City Partnership. He is credited as being the architect of the revival of Boston and New York's ailing public transport systems in the 1970s and 1980s respectively.
Kiley unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Boston in 1983.