TTI Council Member, John P. Bartosiewicz
Mr. John Bartosiewicz, Chief Operating Officer, provides executive management oversight for McDonald Transit's 25 transit management contracts, leads the consulting division and manages all labor relations activities for the company.
From July 1977 until February 2003, Mr. Bartosiewicz was Executive Director with the Fort Worth Transportation Authority. His responsibilities included the complete operation of fixed route bus service, paratransit service, and rideshare programs in four cities and he played a key role in the planning, design, construction, and operation of RailTran, a commuter rail program linking Fort Worth and Dallas and a related Central Business District Intermodal Transportation Center. Bartosiewicz implemented significant innovative projects in response to anticipated community needs.
Committed to clean air initiatives, the T became the first Texas public transit system to put compressed natural gas (CNG) powered vehicles into revenue service in 1989. By educating citizens about ozone pollution problems, the T’s vanpool program expanded significantly, making it the third largest in the United States.
Bartosiewicz's leadership of an aggressive affirmative action and employee development program won the T the 1995 American Public Transit Association Women and Minority Advancement Award and a 1998 award from the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO). Mr. Bartosiewicz was named the Employer of the Year award in 1994 from the Dallas Fort Worth Chapter of Women’s Transportation Seminar and the 2001 Outstanding Public Transportation Manager in North America by APTA.