Robert T. Babbitt, PLLC
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About Robert T. Babbitt


Robert has over 40 years of experience with nearly every aspect of public and private transportation operations, maintenance, and administration. Robert first started his transit career in 1977 with McDonald Transit Associates, Inc., a transit management firm that provides services for bus, rail, and paratransit systems that was founded in 1972. 

Robert worked his way up the organization, serving many roles such as General Manager of Abilene Transit System, Executive Director of Nashville MTA, and Chief Financial Officer until becoming President of McDonald Transit in 2002. Under Robert’s leadership, McDonald Transit expanded it operations to 17 states, providing transit services to 32 fixed route, paratransit, and shuttle clients.

About Robert T. Babbitt


Robert has over 40 years of experience with nearly every aspect of public and private transportation operations, maintenance, and administration. Robert first started his transit career in 1977 with McDonald Transit Associates, Inc., a transit management firm that provides services for bus, rail, and paratransit systems that was founded in 1972. 

Robert worked his way up the organization, serving many roles such as General Manager of Abilene Transit System, Executive Director of Nashville MTA, and Chief Financial Officer until becoming President of McDonald Transit in 2002. Under Robert’s leadership, McDonald Transit expanded it operations to 17 states, providing transit services to 32 fixed route, paratransit, and shuttle clients.

Qualifications



Qualifications


Transit Consulting Experience – Service Design

  • Size – under 50,000 Population
    • Wilbarger County, Texas (Vernon, Crowell); Harrison, Arkansas; Hickory, North Carolina
  • Size – 50,000 to 200,000 Population
    • Kaufman County, Texas; Hunt County, Texas; South Padre Island, Texas Longview, Texas; Enid, Oklahoma; Lawton, Oklahoma; Edmond, Oklahoma Oxford, Mississippi; East Central Arkansas (Forrest City, West Memphis, Wynne) Hot Springs, Arkansas; Rockford, Illinois; Anderson, Indiana
  • Size – over 200,000 Population
    • Little Rock, Arkansas; Nashville, Tennessee; Huntington, West Virginia Killeen, Copperas Cove, Fort Hood, Texas; Mobile, Alabama Volusia County, Florida (SunRail integration)

Efficiency Improvements

  • Brownsville, Texas
  • American Red Cross, Tarrant County, Texas 
  • Corpus Christi, Texas Pine Bluff, Arkansas
  • Midland, Texas
  • Catholic Charities, Fort Worth, Texas

Decision Processes

  • Greenville, South Carolina, (Board Retreat)
  • Indiana Transportation Association, (Board Strategic Plan)
  • Fort Wayne, Indiana, (Streetcar Development)
  • Nolan County, Texas (Grants Administration)

Transit Consulting Experience – Service Design

  • Size – under 50,000 Population
    • Wilbarger County, Texas (Vernon, Crowell); Harrison, Arkansas; Hickory, North Carolina
  • Size – 50,000 to 200,000 Population
    • Kaufman County, Texas; Hunt County, Texas; South Padre Island, Texas Longview, Texas; Enid, Oklahoma; Lawton, Oklahoma; Edmond, Oklahoma Oxford, Mississippi; East Central Arkansas (Forrest City, West Memphis, Wynne) Hot Springs, Arkansas; Rockford, Illinois; Anderson, Indiana
  • Size – over 200,000 Population
    • Little Rock, Arkansas; Nashville, Tennessee; Huntington, West Virginia Killeen, Copperas Cove, Fort Hood, Texas; Mobile, Alabama Volusia County, Florida (SunRail integration)

Efficiency Improvements

  • Brownsville, Texas
  • American Red Cross, Tarrant County, Texas 
  • Corpus Christi, Texas Pine Bluff, Arkansas
  • Midland, Texas
  • Catholic Charities, Fort Worth, Texas

Decision Processes

  • Greenville, South Carolina, (Board Retreat)
  • Indiana Transportation Association, (Board Strategic Plan)
  • Fort Wayne, Indiana, (Streetcar Development)
  • Nolan County, Texas (Grants Administration)

Professional Speaking

  • American Public Transportation Association (multiple)
  • Texas Institute of Traffic Engineers
  • South West Transit Association (multiple)
  • Oklahoma Transit Association, (keynote address)
  • Oklahoma City Streetcar MAPS3 Forum
  • Focus 2015, French Embassy, Washington DC (Communities and Sustainable Development)

Publications

  • Comparative Transit Policies: Atlanta and Dallas
  • Building Better Communities, Coordinating Land Use and Transit Planning, APTA
  • Transit Supply Behavior and Political Influences, University Microfilms International

University Teaching Experience

  • University of Texas, Arlington – Introduction to Criminal Justice Research (full semester)
  • Tennessee State University – Transit and Land Use (guest lecture)
  • Vanderbilt University – Transit and Land Use (guest lecture)
  • Vanderbilt University Dissertation Review, Dr. Tom Fox (then a PhD candidate)
    • Integrated Decision Support Tool for Evaluation of Transit/Land Use Coordination Policies 
  • University of Texas, Arlington – Transit Growth and Better Communities (guest lecture, multiple)
  • North Carolina State University, Institute for Transportation Research and Education, (workshop)

Transit Operating Companies (Employment Subsidiaries) – Prior President

  • Fort Worth, Texas; Arlington, Texas; Waco, Texas; Longview, Texas
  • Lubbock, Texas; Midland/Odessa, Texas; Austin, Texas
  • Lawton, Oklahoma; Edmond, Oklahoma; Oxford, Mississippi; Jackson, Mississippi
  • Mobile, Alabama; Hernando, Florida; Ocala, Florida; Volusia, Florida
  • Augusta, Georgia; Gwinnett, Georgia; Clayton County, Georgia
  • Charlotte, North Carolina; Buncombe, North Carolina; Lowell, Massachusetts
  • Bloomington, Indiana; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Athens, Ohio
  • Nashville, Tennessee
  • Estes Park, Colorado (Rocky Mountain NPS); Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Springdale, Utah (Zion NPS)

Labor/Employment Dispute Resolution

  • Nashville, Tennessee (negotiations); Nashville, Tennessee (grievance arbitration)
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (negotiations); Fort Worth, Texas, (mediation)
  • Edmond, Oklahoma (mediation); Lawton, Oklahoma (mediation)
  • Austin, Texas (consulting evaluation of labor relations)

Personnel Administration

  • Fort Worth, Texas – (prior Manager of Administration) personnel department oversight
  • Abilene Transit Management- (prior General Manager) personnel function included in GM role
  • Nashville, Tennessee – (prior General Manager) personnel department oversight
  • McDonald Transit – (prior President) personnel department and employment subsidiaries oversight
  • Society for Human Resource Management, member

Professional Cooperative Organization

  • Rebuild Tennessee, member, chair
  • American Public Transportation Association, Policy and Planning Committee, member, chair
  • American Public Transportation Association, Financial Management Committee, member
  • South West Transit Association, member
  • Texas Transit Association, member
  • Indiana Transportation Association, member
  • Florida Public Transportation Association, member
  • Tennessee Public Transportation Association, member, chair
  • Tennessee Labor Management Committee, member, chair
  • Arkansas Transit Association, member
  • American Public Transit Foundation, board of directors

Community Cooperative Organization – Prior Experience

  • Habitat for Humanity – Fort Worth, Texas, director, treasurer
  • Polytechnic Housing Committee – Fort Worth, Texas, director, treasurer
  • Metropolitan Nashville Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Disability Issues

Prior Professional Honors

  • Texas Transportation Hall of Honor – Selection Committee (TTI)
  • University of Texas at Arlington, School of Urban and Public Affairs, Distinguished Alumnus
  • Urban Transportation Manager of the Year, Tennessee Public Transportation Association

Education

  • B.A. Political Science, University of Texas, Arlington
  • Ph.D. Administration, University of Texas, Arlington
  • Coursework prerequisites for C.P.A. exam, University of Texas, Arlington (TX #59281)

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