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Robert R. Kiley (September 16, 1935 – August 9, 2016) was an American
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planner and supervisor, with a reputation of being able to save transit systems experiencing serious problems. From 2001 to 2006 he was the initial
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, the public organisation empowered with running and maintaining London's public transport network. Kiley also worked as a
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agent, as the CEO of the
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, the
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of
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, the chairman and CEO of the
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and as President and CEO of the
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. 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.


Minneapolis, Boston and New York

Kiley was born in
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and educated at the
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in
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. He graduated ''
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'' and went on to study at
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's Graduate School. In 1963 he joined the
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. The
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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
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. 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
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in Washington D.C. Two years later he became deputy mayor of Boston, a position he held for three years. During his time as deputy mayor, he prioritised public safety during the court-mandated desegregation of schools. In 1975 Kiley took on two new roles – one as
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of public management at
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– 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
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). In 1983 Kiley moved down the east coast to become the chairman and CEO of the 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.
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, 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
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is now regarded as a prelude to the citywide policy of "
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" enforced by
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during his time as Mayor in the 1990s. 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
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in 1995. From 1994 to 1998 he was also principal of
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, a private
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house. Kiley's Transport for London biography notes that Kiley was also "Member of the
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, board member of the
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, the
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, MONY Group Inc, the Princeton Review Inc and Edison Schools, Inc. He was on the Advisory Board of the Harvard University Center for State and Local Government".


London

In October 2000, Kiley was head-hunted to become the first Commissioner of Transport for London (TfL), London's new integrated transport body, reporting to the
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directly. Following his appointment, Kiley was criticised by the press due to his £4m four-year contract, the use of a £2m
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property in
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, and his expatriate status. He was regarded by the press as "a strange bedfellow" for
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, the socialist elected in 2000 as London's first mayor. However, Livingstone considered Kiley "the best candidate", with very similar views on transportation to himself. In January 2001 Kiley became Chairman of
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(the public body appointed by the
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to run London's
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network of trains), replacing
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. Livingstone's and Kiley's were opposed to the government's plans for public-private partnerships (PPP) to run
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. Kiley was sacked as chairman of London Regional Transport in July 2001 amid repeated clashes with his boss, Transport Secretary
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, and was replaced by Malcolm Bates who returned to lead the organisation. 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 two separate private companies -
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and
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- 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 TfL and London Regional Transport became defunct. Kiley welcomed the opportunity to take greater control over the running of the Tube, but warned that he felt he would be hampered by PPP: "''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.''" Subsequently, the PPPs collapsed due to financial difficulties in the late 2000s. In November 2005, Kiley announced that he would be standing down in January 2006, after five years in the job, albeit three years earlier than expected. Kiley was credited as helping Livingstone bring in the
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, introducing the
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payment system, as well as improving the quality and frequency of
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. He was paid almost £2 million in a settlement for standing down, and remained as a £3,200-a-day consultant. In a controversial interview with the
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, he admitted he was unsure exactly what he did to deserve his consultancy fee, and denied rumours of a rift with Livingstone. He also revealed his struggles with alcoholism, exacerbated by overwork and the loss of his family in a car accident, followed by the death of his father shortly afterwards. He was replaced as Commissioner by
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in February 2006.


Personal life

Kiley's first wife and two children died in a car accident in 1974. He was married to his second wife, Rona at the time of his death. They have two sons.Profile
magazine.nd.edu; accessed May 18, 2017.


Notes


See also

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References


A biography from Transport for LondonA biography from BBC News"A message from Bob" to London tube usersBBC News report on Kiley's sacking from the London Regional TransportBBC News report on Stephen Byer's sacking from the UK Government by Tony BlairTube transfers to TfL controlEvening Standard article on Kiley's contract extension in December 2004The Transport for London (TFL) websiteWilliam Finnegan, Letter from London, "Underground Man—Can the former C.I.A. agent who saved New York’s subway get the Tube back on track?"
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, February 9, 2004, p. 52-?


External links


Images of Bob Kiley from the National Portrait Gallery
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