MV Transportation

MV Transportation, Inc.
Slogan We Provide Freedom
Founded 1975[1]
Headquarters Dallas, Texas
Service area United States and Canada
Service type transit bus, paratransit, shuttle, school bus
Chief executive Kevin Jones [2][3]
Website www.mvtransit.com

MV Transportation, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas.,[4] is the largest privately-owned passenger transportation contracting services firm in the United States. The company provides paratransit, fixed-route, campus and corporate shuttles, and student transportation services, partnering with over 200 city and county government transit agencies, school districts, universities, and corporations. MV serves over 110 million passengers each year across 30 states and Canada with a team of more than 20,000 transit professionals.[5]

History

MV Transportation, Inc., was founded in 1975 in San Francisco, California, by Alex and Feysan Lodde, who continue to own the company.[6] The Loddes realized the limited transportation options for the elderly and people with disabilities and began providing transportation services throughout the city. By 1990, the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, mandating comparable transportation for passengers with disabilities. With 15 years of experience in this specialized mode of transport, MV stood ready to provide transportation solutions at scale on behalf of municipalities and transit agencies.

Since that time MV has grown, now generating over $1.3B in annual revenues and representing more than 200 public transit agencies and private companies in performing their passenger transportation service in both the U.S. and Canada. It is the largest privately-owned transportation company in North America, providing paratransit, fixed route, shuttle and school transportation services. .[6]

Company milestones

  • 1978: incorporated in the State of California as MediVan[7]
  • 1984: the company won its first government contract
  • 1990: name changed from MediVan to MV Transportation, Inc.[7]
  • 2001: MV won its first contract outside of its home state, California
  • 2004: MV is named one of America's fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine
  • 2004: MV debuted on Black Enterprise Magazine's B.E. 100 list as the 16th largest Black-owned company in the United States
  • 2004: MV was awarded Microsoft's employee shuttle contract
  • 2005: MV was awarded $500+ million contract in Washington D.C., largest in company history
  • 2008: MV won the TransLink paratransit contract in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company's first contract outside the United States.
  • 2010: MV Transportation was celebrated by client, Bechtel Corporation for its work at Motiva Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. The MV division drove one million miles and carried one million passengers at the site.
  • 2012: MV Transportation relocated its global headquarters from Fairfield, California to Dallas, Texas.[8]

Transit operations

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

References

  1. ↑ MV: Our Purpose Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Leadership Team". MV Transportation. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "MV Transportation CEO to Retire" (PDF). MV Transportation. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ↑ BusinessWeek, Company Overview
  5. ↑ MV Transportation Locations
  6. 1 2 "MV Fast Facts" (PDF). MV Transportation. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 "The MV Story: Building an American Dream". MV Transportation. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "MV Transportation, Inc. Relocates Global Headquarters to Dallas" (PDF). MV Transportation. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.mvtransit.com/sites/default/files/CCRTA_Award_Final.pdf
  10. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/08/09/nl-paratransit-stjohns-809.html
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.