Get ready for a good snooze... here's the scoop on First Transit straight from the horse's website.
First Transit is part of First Group, the world's leading transport operator. They won the 2009 National Safety Council Green Cross for Safety Medal. Delta Airlines won the award in 2008... more on that later.
First Group trades on the London stock exchange under FGP, serving 2.5 billion passengers p/yr in the UK and North America, with a total of 137,000 employees.
First Group America is based in Cincinatti, OH.
They also operate First Student, the leading provider of student transportation in the US and Canada (they bought out Laidlaw).
First Services is also the largest private sector provider of fleet maintenance services.
They also own Greyhound bus lines.
First Transit is the leading provider of transit management/contracting services. Thay have 235 locations in 41 states, with over 51 years of fixed-route. paratransit, and shuttle service.
First Transit revenues are at 760 million dollars p/yr. First Group America has 5 billion dollars in revenue, and First Group has 10 billion dollars in revenue p/yr overall.
First Transit took over management of Sun Metro 10/29/2006.
Now for the good stuff... lol.
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do not forget that jucie wilson took blame for a $600k over pay to first transite and got mass transit board to vote 5-4 for adidtional $400k, couse first transite said they found sun metro in worse shape then when the bid for the contract, this gave way for a new contract with first transite, vote was again 5-4, just one person objected, guess who???
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