MV Transportation

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MV Transportation, Inc.
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Slogan We Provide Freedom
Founded 1975[1]
Headquarters Fairfield, California
Service area United States and Canada
Service type transit bus, paratransit
Chief executive R. Carter Pate
Web site www.mvtransit.com

MV Transportation, Inc., based in Fairfield, California.[2], is the largest private provider of paratrasit services and the largest privately-owned transportation contracting firm in the United States.[citation needed] The company employs nearly 13,000 workers[citation needed] and operates more than 190 paratransit, fixed-route, shuttle and Medicaid contracts in 24 states, the District of Columbia, and British Columbia.

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[edit] History

MV Transportation, Inc. was founded in 1975 by husband and wife team, Alex and Feysan Lodde. For the first twenty years of service, the company remained small, operating in fewer than 10 locations. In the mid 1990s the transportation industry experienced a wave of consolidation when several small and mid-sized companies merged and acquired each other. As a result, major multinational corporations emerged. At this time, MV Transportation emerged as a new contract option in public transit with the goal of ensuring fair competition and offering choice in transportation.[citation needed]

Today, MV Transportation operates more than 7,000 vehicles across the United States and Canada and continues to offer cities, counties, transit authorities and private companies transportation in paratransit, fixed route, flex route, commuter service and Medicaid transportation management. MV also contracts with several entities to provide turnkey services, operating all modes of service under one contract.[citation needed]

[edit] Company milestones

  • 1983: MV won its first government contract
  • 2001: MV won its first contract outside of its home state, California
  • 2004: MV is named one of America's fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine
  • 2004: MV debuted on Black Enterprise Magazine's B.E. 100 list as the 16th largest Black-owned company in the United States
  • 2004: MV was awarded Microsoft's employee shuttle contract
  • 2005: MV was awarded $500+ million contract in Washington D.C., largest in company history
  • 2008: MV won the TransLink paratransit contract in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company's first contract outside the United States.
  • 2010: MV Transportation was celebrated by client, Bechtel Corporation for its work at Motiva Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. The MV division drove one million miles and carried one million passengers at the site.

[edit] Transit operations

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[edit] References

  1. ^ MV: Our Purpose
  2. ^ BusinessWeek, Company Overview
  3. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/08/09/nl-paratransit-stjohns-809.html

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