Bob Kiley
Robert R. Kiley | |
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Commissioner of Transport for London | |
In office October 2000 – 2006 | |
Appointed by | Ken Livingstone |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Peter Hendy |
5th Chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority | |
In office November 16, 1983 – January 2, 1991[1] | |
Governor | Mario Cuomo |
Preceded by | Richard Ravitch |
Succeeded by | Peter Stangl |
CEO of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | |
In office 1975–1979 | |
Preceded by | Joseph C. Kelly |
Succeeded by | Robert Foster |
Deputy Mayor of Boston | |
In office 1972–1975 | |
Appointed by | Kevin White |
Succeeded by | Katherine Kane[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | Minneapolis, Minnesota | September 16, 1935
Died | August 9, 2016 Chilmark, Massachusetts[3] | (aged 80)
Alma mater | University of Notre Dame, Indiana |
Occupation | Deputy mayor of Boston, 1974-1977 CEO of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, 1975-1979 Chairman, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), 1983-1990 Commissioner of Transport for London, 2001-2006 |
Known for | Public transport planner |
Robert R. Kiley (September 16, 1935 – August 9, 2016) was an American
Kiley also worked as a
Kiley unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Boston in 1983.
Minneapolis, Boston and New York
Kiley was born in
Kiley left the Agency in 1970 and embarked a career in management, with particular emphasis on transport. He first worked as an assistant director at the
He remained in the position until 1990 and in his time in the role secured state funding to the tune of $16bn to revitalise the railroads, buses and subways in the MTA region. Gene Russianoff, of the New York Straphangers Campaign, says that the money was spent wisely – "Even normally grudging New Yorkers say he did a good job," says Russianoff. The clean-up campaign involving arresting fare dodgers and cleaning up graffiti is now regarded as a prelude to the citywide policy of "zero tolerance" enforced by Rudy Giuliani during his time as Mayor in the 1990s.
In 1991 Kiley moved to a new role as President of the New York construction company Fischbach Corporation. He briefly held the role of chairman too before moving again to become President and CEO of the
London
In October 2000, Kiley was head-hunted to become the first Commissioner of Transport for London (TfL), London's new integrated transport body, reporting to the Mayor of London directly.[7][8] Following his appointment, Kiley was criticised by the press due to his £4m four-year contract,[9] the use of a £2m grace and favour property in Belgravia,[10] and his expatriate status.[7] He was regarded by the press as "a strange bedfellow" for Ken Livingstone, the socialist elected in 2000 as London's first mayor.[7][4] However, Livingstone considered Kiley "the best candidate", with very similar views on transportation to himself.[7] In January 2001 Kiley became Chairman of London Regional Transport (the public body appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport to run London's Underground network of trains), replacing Sir Malcolm Bates.
Livingstone's and Kiley's were opposed to the government's plans for
In November 2005, Kiley announced that he would be standing down in January 2006, after five years in the job, albeit three years earlier than expected.
Personal life
Kiley's first wife and two children died in a car accident in 1974. He was married to his second wife, Rona at the time of his death.[3] They have two sons.[17]
Notes
- ^ Metropolitan Transportation Authority. "Past MTA Board Chairs". Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ Stickgold, Emma (October 15, 2013). "Katharine D. Kane, 78; first woman to serve as deputy mayor in Boston - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "Robert Kiley, who served as MBTA chief in 1970s, dies at 80". The Boston Globe. August 10, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ^ ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ISBN 9781610396080.
I arranged to have breakfast at the old Drake Hotel with Bob Kiley, who ran the New York City Partnership (inexplicably, it is now called the Partnership for New York City), a coalition of New York City–based business leaders.
- ^ a b c d e "Bob Kiley obituary". the Guardian. August 10, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ Kennedy, Randy (October 10, 2000). "Ex-Transit Chief Takes On London's Ailing Subway". The New York Times.
- ^ "BBC News | UK POLITICS | American appointed to run Tube". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ Bar-Hillel, Mira (April 12, 2012). "TfL to make £2.7m selling Bob Kiley's Belgravia home". Evening Standard. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ "Q&A: Bob Kiley dismissed". BBC News. July 17, 2001. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ Thirty-Fourth Mayor's Report to the Assembly (PDF). London Assembly. 2003.
- ^ "Tube maintenance work deal agreed". BBC News. May 8, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ a b "London transport chief steps down". BBC News. November 24, 2005. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ "Mayor grilled on Kiley 'payoff'". BBC News. November 29, 2005. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ Profile, magazine.nd.edu; accessed May 18, 2017.
See also
References
- A biography from Transport for London
- A biography from BBC News
- "A message from Bob" to London tube users
- BBC News report on Kiley's sacking from the London Regional Transport
- BBC News report on Stephen Byer's sacking from the UK Government by Tony Blair
- Tube transfers to TfL control
- Evening Standard article on Kiley's contract extension in December 2004
- The Transport for London (TFL) website
- William Finnegan, Letter from London, "Underground Man—Can the former C.I.A. agent who saved New York’s subway get the Tube back on track?", The New Yorker, February 9, 2004, p. 52-?