Jack Collins
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Jack Collins is a transit specialist who has appointed to positions of authority at transit authorities in San Jose, California and Ontario, Canada.[1]
In 2004 Collins was the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's chief construction officer, and oversaw the construction of an extension of Bay Area Rapid Transit route 16.4 kilometres to Milipas, California and Santa Clara, California.[2]
Collins was hired by MetroLinx, an organization established by the Government of Ontario to manage commuter rail in Ontario, where he was the executive vice president for rapid transit implementation, and his responsibilities included overseeing the construction of light rail routes in Toronto, Mississauga, Kitchener, Hamilton and Ottawa.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The man behind the crosstown LRT, Jack Collins, ‘has that knack’". Metronews. 2013-06-05. Archived from the original on 2013-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20131201162127/http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/695752/the-man-behind-the-crosstown-lrt-jack-collins-has-that-knack/. Retrieved 2013-11-31. "But Jack Collins — the Metrolinx executive vice-president charged with bringing in the biggest transit project in the country — betrays no hint of impatience as he once again lays out the construction plan for the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown LRT."
- ↑ Aileen Cho (2004-10-25). "Transit Officials Celebrate New York’s Once and Future Subway: Second Avenue line heralds new era of rail construction". Engineering News-Record. Archived from the original on 2012-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20120201072016/http://enr.construction.com/features/transportation/archives/041025-2.asp. Retrieved 2013-11-31. "San Jose-based Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority is going a step further. The agency will purchase its own TBM for 4.7 miles of twin tunnels along the 16.3-mile, $4.2-billion extension of Bay Area Rapid Transit to Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara, says Jack Collins, VTA ."
