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William
P. McDonald Named At
their recently completed annual conference EXPO 2006 in Orlando, Florida,
The Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) awarded the
prestigious Transportation Manager of the Year award to local
transportation executive William P. McDonald of Rochester.
Mr. McDonald is executive director of Medical Motor Service.
The award annually honors a community transportation leader for
“displaying leadership while providing transportation service that is
integral to the community and creates a vision that has support both
inside and outside the organization.” Medical
Motor Service, established in 1919, provides direct transportation
services to over 19,000 children, adults and senior citizens with
disabilities, and arranges transportation using other community providers.
The agency’s 187 employees strive to
achieve the highest level of safety and customer satisfaction in order to
improve the quality of life for people with specialized transportation
needs. Unique
in Rochester and Monroe County, Medical Motor Service is the only
not-for-profit transportation agency whose sole purpose is the provision
of dedicated transportation services. More
than 785,000 direct transportation and brokerage service trips are
arranged annually to area residents of all ages who are disabled or unable
to use traditional transit services. Mr. McDonald also spoke at the conference on how community and public transportation have continually adapted to respond to the needs of a community. Medical Motor Service is a United Way agency and a member of the Al Sigl Center Partnership of Agencies. |