AzTA/ADOT Excellence Awards Presented By:

2015 AzTA/ADOT Excellence Awards

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2015 Scholarship Award Recognition and

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9 Excellence Award Categories

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26 nominations

AzTA Scholarship Award

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AzTA partners with WTS each year to offer a scholarship to a deserving graduate student who is focusing on public transportation as a career choice. This year, AzTA is awarding a $1,000 Graduate Student Scholarship

And the Winner Is:

Andisheh Ranjbari University of Arizona

Outstanding Transit Organization

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Recognizes the organization (any size or type in Arizona) that has demonstrated outstanding innovation, creativity, customer service and operational improvements in providing public transportation services.

Award Nominees

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City of Tucson’s Sun Link Streetcar

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Transdev (City of Phoenix)

And the Winner Is:

City of Tucson’s Sun Link Streetcar

Outstanding Transit Individual

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Recognizes an individual that has provided outstanding leadership and/or contributions to public transportation programs to the transit industry, to a jurisdiction or municipality, or to the private sector to improve the quality of transit services

Award Nominees

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Shelly Ginn, City of Tucson (Tucson StreetCar)

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Katrina Heineking, Transdev (City of Phoenix)

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Kristen Sexton, City of Avondale

And the Winner Is:

Kristen Sexton City of Avondale

Outstanding Special Needs Transportation

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Recognizes the outstanding provider of services for elderly persons and persons with disabilities, through improvements or innovations in operational efficiency and customer service.

Award Nominees

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Vista Transit (Special Needs Program), City of Sierra Vista Public Works Dept.

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Sun Van, Kate Riley (City of Tucson)

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HOPE, Inc. (Pima County)

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City of Quartzite, Laura Bruno

And the Winner Is:

HOPE, Inc. (Pima County)

Outstanding Rural/Small Urban Transit System

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Recognizes the outstanding provider of public transportation in rural or small urbanized areas through improvements or innovations in operations efficiency and customer service

Award Nominees

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Bullhead City’s “BATS”

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“Zoom”, City of Avondale

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United Community Health Center, Maria Auxiladora, Inc. (Green Valley)

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Four Seasons/White Mountain Connection (Show Low)

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Cottonwood Area Transit (CAT)

And the Winner Is:

Bullhead City’s “BATS”

Outstanding Transit Innovation

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Recognizes an individual(s), organization, or group that has demonstrated innovative program creation, development, management and/or delivery for public transportation service, existing or new public transportation program or system, or transit resources.

And the Winner Is:

Gene Caywood Southern Arizona Transit Advocates & Old Pueblo Trolley

Outstanding Training Program

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Recognizes an individual(s), organization, or group that has demonstrated innovative program creation, development, management and/or delivery for a transit training program.

Award Nominees

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NAIPTA Training Program (Flagstaff)

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Transdev (City of Phoenix)

And the Winner Is:

Transdev (City of Phoenix)

Outstanding Vendor

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Recognizes a private sector supplier which has demonstrated superior support to the transit industry through its business enterprise providing goods, services, or other support.

Award Nominees

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National Express (YCIPTA)

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Transdev Sun Tran/Kate Riley (City of Tucson)

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A-1 Fleet Smart (Bullhead City)

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Mike Clinkingbeard, W.W.Williams (Phoenix)

And the Winner Is:

Mike Clinkingbeard W.W.Williams

(Phoenix)

Congressman Ed Pastor Friend of Transit

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Presented in honor of Congressman Ed Pastor, recognizes an individual, group, organization, or business that has demonstrated outstanding support of transit causes, promotes transit programs, and/or develops transit resources that builds the profession and its practitioners

Award Nominees

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Alan Wulkan, The Wulkan Group

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Congresspersons Kirkpatrick and Gosar (District 1—Flagstaff region)

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NW Valley Transportation Stakeholder’s Coalition (Bonnie Boyce-Wilson) and Benevilla

And the Winner Is:

Alan Wulkan The Wulkan Group

Dave Barber Straight Talk

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Presented in honor of past Board Member Dave Barber, recognizes an individual demonstrating excellence in transit advocacy with the general public, elected leaders, and/or within the community by consistently speaking succinctly to transit issues with clear, concise, factual, and to the-point statements about public transportation

And the Winner Is:

Paul Miller Arizona Bus Sales Creative Bus Sales