Robert R. Kiley, better known as Bob Kiley, (born 16 September 1935) is a public transit planner and supervisor, with a reputation of being able to save transit systems experiencing serious problems. From 2001 to 2006 he was the initial Commissioner of Transport for London, the public organisation empowered with running and maintaining London's public transport network. // 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ... Transport for London (TfL) is responsible for the transport system of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. ... Transport For London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system throughout Greater London in England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Skytrain Bangkok. ...

Kiley has also worked as a CIA agent, as the CEO of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the deputy mayor of Boston, the Chairman and CEO of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority and as President and CEO of the New York City Partnership. He is credited as being the architect of the revival of Boston and New York's ailing public transport systems in the 1970s and 1980s respectively. The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [3] formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA area. ... The Deputy Mayor of a community is the number two official to the mayor. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation of the State of New York chartered by the New York State Legislature in 1965. ... Most of this article is about heads of state. ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... NY redirects here. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... This article cites very few or no references or sources. ...

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Kiley was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and educated at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He graduated magna cum laude and went on to study at Harvard's Graduate School. In 1963 he joined the Central Intelligence Agency. The BBC reports that although former colleagues say it would be incorrect to regard Bob Kiley as a "spook" he did travel around the world in his role as Manager of Intelligence Operations. He later served as Executive Assistant to the Agency Director Richard Helms. Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant (French: Lets go!) Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ... The University of Notre Dame IPA: is a Roman Catholic institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana, immediately northeast of South Bend, Indiana, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area  Ranked 38th  - Total 36,418 sq mi (94,321 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 270 miles (435 km)  - % water 1. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an intelligence agency of the United States government. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Richard Helms, Director of Central Intelligence, 1966-1973 Richard McGarrah Helms (March 30, 1913 – October 23, 2002) was the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973. ...

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 Police Foundation in Washington D.C. Two years later he became deputy mayor of Boston, a position he held for three years. In 1975 Kiley took on two new roles - one as adjunct professor of public management at Boston University - and the other as chairman and CEO of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. He left the MBTA in 1979 and became a vice-president at the Management Analysis Center (now part of Cap Gemini). In 1983 Kiley moved down the east coast to become the Chairman and CEO of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). 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 city-wide policy of "zero tolerance" enforced by Rudy Giuliani during his time as Mayor in the 1990s. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Look up Management in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In the United States, the Police Foundation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to helping the police be more effective in doing their job. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Boston (disambiguation). ... The Capgemini Group is one of the worlds largest information technology services and management consulting companies with over 55,000 staff worldwide. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... A Go North East bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway—usually in an urban area—with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... Gene Russianoff is staff attorney and chief spokesman for the Straphangers Campaign, a New York City-based public transport advocacy group that focuses primarily on subway and bus services run by New York City Transit. ... Graffiti (strictly, as singular, graffito, from the Italian — graffiti being the plural) are images or letters applied without permission to publicly viewable surfaces such as walls or bridges. ... Zero tolerance is a strict approach to rule enforcement. ... Rudolph William Louis Giuliani III, (born May 28, 1944) is an American lawyer, prosecutor, businessman, and Republican politician from the state of New York. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

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 New York City Partnership in 1995. From 1994 to 1998 he was also principal of Kohlberg and Company, a private equity investment house. Kiley's Transport for London biography notes that Kiley is also "Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Board Member of the Salzburg Seminar, the American Repertory Theater, MONY Group Inc, the Princeton Review Inc and Edison Schools, Inc. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Harvard University Center for State and Local Government." Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Equity investment generally refers to the buying and holding of shares of stock on a stock market by individuals and funds in anticipation of income from dividends and capital gain as the value of the stock rises. ... The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an influential and independent, nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (corner Park Avenue) in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. Through its membership, meetings, and studies, it has been... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... ...

London

In January 2001 Bob Kiley moved across the Atlantic to become Chairman of London Regional Transport (the public body appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport to run London's Underground network of trains and also Commissioner of Transport for London, the public body which reports to the London mayor and which has increasingly been granted authority formerly held by London Regional Transport. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Some buses lost their iconic red colour when privatised in 1993. ... The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. ... The London Underground is a rapid transit system that serves much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... The Mayor of London is an elected politician in London, United Kingdom, who heads the Greater London Authority and is responsible for budgeting and strategic planning of some governmental functions across the whole of the region of London. ...

Kiley, who was given a $4m four-year contract was regarded as a strange bedfellow for "Red" Ken Livingstone - the former firebrand socialist elected London's first mayor in 2000. Indeed they themselves described their working relationship as "a CIA activist working for an unreconstructed Trotskyite". However Livingstone's and Kiley's views on London transport have proved very similar. Both were vehemently opposed to the government's plans for public-private partnerships (PPP) in running of the tube. Kiley was sacked as chairman of London Regional Transport in July 2001 and repeated clashes with his boss, Transport Secretary Stephen Byers. Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born June 17, 1945) is an English politician who became Mayor of London on the creation of the post in 2000. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Public-private partnership (PPP) is a system in which a government service or private business venture is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable Stephen John Byers (born April 13, 1953) is a British Labour Party politician and former cabinet minister. ...

Remaining as Commissioner of Transport for London, he and Livingstone took the government to court in trying to prevent PPP. They failed and in January 2003 three separate private companies took control of maintaining various tube lines. In July 2003 powers for running the rest of the Tube network, including manning and maintaining the stations, was transferred to Transport for London and London Regional Transport became defunct. Kiley welcomed the opportunity to take greater control over the running over the tube but warned that he felt he would be hampered by PPP: 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

I maintain that the Government’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) is not the right way to manage the maintenance and renewal of the Tube. As they stand, the PPP contracts do not satisfactorily address the improvements to the Underground that TfL and the public demand. Nevertheless, we will do everything within our power to hold the infrastructure companies to account on those Tube improvements they have promised to deliver.

In December 2004, he and Livingstone announced a 4 year extension to Kiley's contract with TfL running until 2008 at an increased salary (£2.4 million [pounds sterling] over the term of the contract). This amount is disputed by a report issued by the TaxPayers Alliance ^[1] who list his salary for 2005/06 as £1,146,425. However, in November 2005, Kiley announced that he would be standing down in January 2006, after five years in the job. He was paid almost £2 million ^[2] in a settlement for standing down, and remained as a £3,200 a day Consultant ^[3]. He was in the middle of the consultation process for the implementation of the highly unpopular West London Tram project. He was highly respected while in public office and was known for his plain speaking. London Transport Portal The West London Tram is a proposed on-street light rail line running along the Uxbridge Road corridor in West London, England. ...

Following his departure all of the West London Boroughs have decided to reject the plans for the West London Tram. Ealing, the bellwether borough of the United Kingdom, was the last local council to reject TFL's plans for the West London Tram and it is widely held the issue of the Tram lead to a change of local government from New Labour to Conservative. London Transport Portal The West London Tram is a proposed on-street light rail line running along the Uxbridge Road corridor in West London, England. ...

Ken Livingstone has said that Kiley will continue to advise him as a consultant for the remaining term. He was replaced by as Commissioner by Peter Hendy in February 2006. Peter Hendy (born 19 March 1953) started his career in the public transport industry in 1975 as an LT graduate trainee. ...

Kiley's first wife and two children were killed in a car accident. He subsequently remarried, and is currently married to his second wife, Rona. They have two sons. ^[4]

References

1. ^ TaxPayers Alliance
2. ^ Transport for London Settlement
3. ^ Transport for London
4. ^ Notre Dame University Magazine January 2005: Alumnus profile

• 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 Bliar
• Tube transfers to TfL control

• Evening Standard article on Kiley's contract extension in December 2004

• The Transport for London (TFL) website

Images

• Images of Bob Kiley from the National Portrait Gallery