NYC Transit Chief Andy Byford

One of my chief interests in life -- besides, you know, everything else -- is transportation. 

Getting from here to there, specifically how we get from here to there, is something we don't think about much but transportation literally effects every aspect, as well as the trajectory, of our lives -- where we live, where we work, what friends we have (or not), who we even date (and love). How we literally move from place to place, how we zig and zag, determines our fate.

The fact that the transportation in NYC, for decades, had problems is not a surprise to any New Yorker (blame Robert Moses). It took decades to open only three subway stations on the far East Side of Manhattan. Being charge of any aspect of NYC transit is thankless task. That's why it's interesting that man named Andy Byford -- a Brit who was in charge of transportation in London and most recently Toronto -- has come to NYC to be the head of NYC Transit. Here he talks about his vision for transit in NYC and what he hopes to accomplish. Don't ignore this guy -- his vision may very well become our collective fate.