2. AzTA/ADOT Excellence Awards Presented By:

3. 2015 Scholarship Award Recognition 9 Excellence Award Categories
AzTA/ADOT Excellence
Awards
2015 Scholarship Award Recognition
and
9 Excellence Award Categories
26 nominations

4. AzTA Scholarship Award
AzTA partners with WTS each year to offer a scholarship to a deserving graduate student who is focusing on public transportation as a career choice. This year, AzTA is awarding a $1,000 Graduate Student Scholarship

5. And the Winner Is:
Andisheh Ranjbari
University of
Arizona

6. Outstanding Transit Organization
Recognizes the organization (any size or type in Arizona) that has demonstrated outstanding innovation, creativity, customer service and operational improvements in providing public transportation services.

7. Award Nominees
City of Tucson’s Sun Link Streetcar
Transdev (City of Phoenix)

8. And the Winner Is:
City of Tucson’s Sun Link Streetcar

10. Outstanding Transit Individual
Recognizes an individual that has provided outstanding leadership and/or contributions to public transportation programs to the transit industry, to a jurisdiction or municipality, or to the private sector to improve the quality of transit services

11. Award Nominees
Shelly Ginn, City of Tucson (Tucson StreetCar)
Katrina Heineking, Transdev (City of Phoenix)
Kristen Sexton, City of Avondale

12. And the Winner Is:
Kristen Sexton
City of Avondale

14. Outstanding Special Needs Transportation
Recognizes the outstanding provider of services for elderly persons and persons with disabilities, through improvements or innovations in operational efficiency and customer service.

15. Award Nominees
Vista Transit (Special Needs Program), City of Sierra Vista Public Works Dept.
Sun Van, Kate Riley (City of Tucson)
HOPE, Inc. (Pima County)
City of Quartzite, Laura Bruno

16. And the Winner Is:
HOPE, Inc.
(Pima County)

18. Outstanding Rural/Small Urban Transit System
Recognizes the outstanding provider of public transportation in rural or small urbanized areas through improvements or innovations in operations efficiency and customer service

19. Award Nominees
Bullhead City’s “BATS”
“Zoom”, City of Avondale
United Community Health Center, Maria Auxiladora, Inc. (Green Valley)
Four Seasons/White Mountain Connection (Show Low)
Cottonwood Area Transit (CAT)

20. And the Winner Is:
Bullhead City’s “BATS”

22. Outstanding Transit Innovation
Recognizes an individual(s), organization, or group that has demonstrated innovative program creation, development, management and/or delivery for public transportation service, existing or new public transportation program or system, or transit resources.

23. And the Winner Is:
Gene Caywood
Southern Arizona
Transit Advocates
&
Old Pueblo Trolley

25. Outstanding Training Program
Recognizes an individual(s), organization, or group that has demonstrated innovative program creation, development, management and/or delivery for a transit training program.

26. Award Nominees
NAIPTA Training Program (Flagstaff)
Transdev (City of Phoenix)

27. And the Winner Is:
Transdev
(City of Phoenix)

29. Outstanding Vendor
Recognizes a private sector supplier which has demonstrated superior support to the transit industry through its business enterprise providing goods, services, or other support.

30. Award Nominees
National Express (YCIPTA)
Transdev Sun Tran/Kate Riley (City of Tucson)
A-1 Fleet Smart (Bullhead City)
Mike Clinkingbeard, W.W.Williams (Phoenix)

31. And the Winner Is:
Mike Clinkingbeard
W.W.Williams
(Phoenix)

33. Congressman Ed Pastor Friend of Transit
Presented in honor of Congressman Ed Pastor, recognizes an individual, group, organization, or business that has demonstrated outstanding support of transit causes, promotes transit programs, and/or develops transit resources that builds the profession and its practitioners

34. Award Nominees
Alan Wulkan, The Wulkan Group
Congresspersons Kirkpatrick and Gosar (District 1—Flagstaff region)
NW Valley Transportation Stakeholder’s Coalition (Bonnie Boyce-Wilson) and Benevilla

35. And the Winner Is:
Alan Wulkan
The Wulkan Group

37. Dave Barber Straight Talk
Presented in honor of past Board Member Dave Barber, recognizes an individual demonstrating excellence in transit advocacy with the general public, elected leaders, and/or within the community by consistently speaking succinctly to transit issues with clear, concise, factual, and to-the-point statements about public transportation

38. And the Winner Is:
Paul Miller
Arizona Bus Sales
Creative Bus Sales