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Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.

Moderators: mtuandrew, therock, Robert Paniagua

 #1523007  by davinp
 
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Operations Board announced today that CEO
Doug Allen and the board have agreed to part ways. “Doug has done an excellent job leading VRE
through a period of significant growth,” said Operations Board Chair Katie Cristol. “He helped
professionalize the organization, added important staff, led the development of strategic and finance
plans to guide the organization over the next decade, and has been a leading voice for transit in both the
Commonwealth and throughout the country. We thank Doug for his service and wish him well.”

The Operations Board has recommended that Deputy CEO/Chief Operating Officer Rich Dalton serve
as acting CEO while a leadership search is underway. A seasoned, rail operations veteran, Dalton has
been with the system for 10 years and served as acting CEO during VRE’s last leadership transition, in
2012.

https://www.vre.org/vre/assets/File/pdf ... _BA9fGHBu4
 #1523087  by mmi16
 
'Agreed to part ways' is just another way of saying FIRED!

With some form of a Golden Parachute and a NDA.
 #1523643  by Sand Box John
 
mtuandrew
Kinda surprised Greater Greater Washington hasn’t covered this yet - keeping an eye out.


For something to get mentioned by Greater Greater Washington it has to submitted as a tip.

I posted something similar in their Breakfast links comments a couple days after the New Purple Line concrete problems include Bethesda shaft story was posted by WTOP.