FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2022
MARTA TAPS ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LEADER AS NEW
DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER
Former Atlanta DOT Commissioner to Oversee Authority’s Capital
Improvement Program Expansion & Innovation
ATLANTA - The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid
Transit Authority (MARTA) has named Josh Rowan as its new Deputy General
Manager, where he will oversee the Authority’s ambitious and expansive Capital
Improvement Program (CIP). Rowan has 26 years of program and construction
management experience, delivering more than $5 billion in facility and
infrastructure projects, most recently serving as General Manager of Atlanta’s
City Renew/TSPLOST Program and Commissioner of the inaugural Atlanta Department
of Transportation.
“Josh has a deep knowledge of the entire
project delivery process in both the public and private sector, from foreman to
engineer and every job in between. His global experience with capital
construction programs, combined with his local successes with the City’s Renew
Program, Transportation Department, and 2022 infrastructure referendum make him
uniquely qualified to manage MARTA’s CIP as we embark on the largest expansion
in our history,” said MARTA Interim General Manager and CEO Collie Greenwood.
Rowan will be tasked with implementing
MARTA's CIP, which lays out the current and planned investment in capital
projects that enable MARTA to meet its mission of providing safe, multimodal
transit services that advance prosperity, connectivity, and equity for a more
livable region. The program includes maintaining and upgrading existing MARTA
assets, such as its 38 heavy rail stations, tracks, vehicles, and other
infrastructure. It also includes MARTA's expansion program to add high-capacity
transit service across its jurisdictions, such as the Summerhill and Campbellton
Corridor Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects in Atlanta, high-capacity transit in
Clayton County, the Clifton Corridor in DeKalb County, and the Georgia 400 BRT
line in Fulton County.
“As the Atlanta region
continues to experience rapid population growth, the successful delivery of
MARTA's capital program will serve as the foundation for our transportation
future - a future focused on moving all people safely throughout the
region. I want to thank the MARTA board, interim general manager Collie
Greenwood, and all the hard-working men and women at MARTA for welcoming me to
your team. It is a proud moment for me to be joining the MARTA team. To say I
am excited is an understatement,” said Rowan.
A graduate of the Georgia Institute of
Technology, Rowan is an emeritus member of Tech’s External Advisory Board for
the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and sits on its Construction
Infrastructure Engineering Board. He is a Certified Construction Manager,
Program Management and Project Management Professional, and has a Professional
Engineering designation.
Rowan joins MARTA on Aug. 15 and will
report directly to the Interim General Manager and CEO.
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