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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