Dan Tangherlini, Director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), was sworn in today to the Board of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) as an alternate representative for the District of Columbia. Mr. Tangherlini replaces Calvin Nophlin on the Metro Board.
Mr. Tangherlini's appointment to the Metro Board was approved by the DC Council Committee of the Whole on Tuesday, March 1.
"Mr. Tangherlini plans to work with the Board to focus on providing Metrorail and bus service that is safe, clean, reliable, convenient and reasonably priced for both riders and taxpayers," said Gladys Mack, Vice Chair of Metro's Board of Directors. "He will emphasize the importance of bus service and the need to better integrate bus and rail. As a 14-year daily Metro rider, he will focus on customer needs and issues. He will promote additional service, including the Downtown Circulator and the Anacostia Light Rail Demonstration Line as well as completion of the DC Transit Alternatives Analysis on providing new bus and rail service in the District."
Mr. Tangherlini was appointed director of DDOT in November 2002, having served as acting director of the former division of transportation in the Department of Public Works starting in May 2000. Previously, he was chief financial officer of the Metropolitan Police Department from November 1998 to May 2000.