MV Transportation, Inc., based in

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., is the largest privately-owned passenger transportation contracting services firm in the United States. The company can provide paratransit, fixed-route, campus and corporate shuttles, and student transportation services, partnering with over 200 city and county government transit agencies, school districts, universities, and corporations. MV serves over 110 million passengers each year across 30 states and Canada with a team of more than 20,000 transit professionals.

History

MV Transportation, Inc., was founded in 1975 in

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, by Alex and Feysan Lodde, who continue to own the company. The Loddes realized the limited transportation options for the elderly and people with disabilities and began providing transportation services throughout the city. By 1990, the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, mandating comparable transportation for passengers with disabilities. Since that time MV has grown, now generating over $1.3B in 2022 annual revenues and representing more than 200 public transit agencies and private companies in performing their passenger transportation service in both the U.S. and Canada. It is the largest privately-owned transportation company in North America, providing paratransit, fixed route, shuttle and school transportation services. .

Company milestones

*1978: incorporated in the State of California as MediVan *1984: the company won its first government contract *1990: name changed from MediVan to MV Transportation, Inc. *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

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paratransit contract in

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, the company's first contract outside the

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. *2010: MV Transportation was celebrated by client, Bechtel Corporation for its work at Motiva Refinery in Port Arthur,

. The MV division drove one million miles and carried one million passengers at the site. *2012: MV Transportation relocated its global headquarters from

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to Dallas, Texas.

Transit operations

* Anchor-Rides,

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* Austin, Texas,

Capital Metro The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, officially stylized as CapMetro, is a public transportation provider located in Austin, Texas. It operates bus, paratransit services and a commuter rail system known as the Capital MetroRail i ...

(MetroAccess) *

Antelope Valley Transit Authority Antelope Valley Transit Authority is the transit agency serving the cities of Palmdale, Lancaster and Northern Los Angeles County. Antelope Valley Transit Authority is operated under contract by MV Transportation, and is affiliated with and offe ...

* Barrie Transit (Ontario, Canada) * Barstow Area Transit *

Burbank Bus Burbank Bus (stylized as burbankbus) in Burbank, California is a city-operated public transport bus service, providing local routes within the city including connections with rail service to Los Angeles or surrounding suburbs. Burbank Bus complem ...

CalTrain Caltrain (reporting mark JPBX) is a California commuter rail line serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley). The southern terminus is in San Jose at Tamien station with weekday rush hour service running as far ...

Shuttles *

Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) operates a bus transit system of fixed and flexible routes, seasonal rail service to Boston, and a paratransit service in the Cape Cod region of Massachusetts. The CCRTA was created under the provision ...

City of Santa Clarita Transit City of Santa Clarita Transit is a local bus service, administered by the City's transit division, that serves the City of Santa Clarita, California and nearby surrounding unincorporated areas. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per we ...

* Coastside Beach Shuttle, Half Moon Bay, CA * Compton Renaissance Transit *

Dumbarton Express Dumbarton Express is a regional public transit service in the San Francisco Bay Area connecting Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties via the Dumbarton Bridge, the system's namesake. The bus service is funded by a consortium of five tra ...

Durham Area Transit Authority GoDurham, formerly Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA), is the public transit system serving Durham, North Carolina. It was rebranded under the consolidated GoTransit branding scheme for the Research Triangle region. In , the system had a riders ...

Detroit Department of Transportation The Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT, pronounced ) is the primary public transportation operator serving Detroit, Michigan. In existence since 1922, DDOT is a division of the city government, with headquarters in Midtown. Primarily serv ...

E-tran E-tran was the public transit system for the city of Elk Grove, California and parts of south Sacramento. Public transit in these areas was operated by Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) until 2005, when E-tran began operation under th ...

Emery Go-Round Emery Go-Round is a fare-free public bus system in Emeryville, California. It also provides service to small portions of the adjacent cities of Oakland Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United S ...

Fairfax Connector Fairfax Connector is a public bus service provided by Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and is managed by the county government. The bus system provides service within Fairfax County, and connects to Metrobus, Metrorail stations, Virginia ...

July 2009 - June 2019 *

Foothill Transit Foothill Transit is a public transit agency that is government funded by 22 member cities in the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys. It operates a fixed-route bus public transit service in the San Gabriel Valley region of eastern Los Angeles Cou ...

* Fresno Area Express (Contractor for Paratransit Operations) * Glendale Beeline *

GoCary GoCary is the public transportation provider in Cary, a community in the Research Triangle urbanized area in North Carolina. While the city of Raleigh provides service to most of the county via GoRaleigh, Cary opted to retain its own town-owned s ...

Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation The Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation, branded as IndyGo, is a public transit agency and municipal corporation of the City of Indianapolis in the U.S. state of Indiana. It operates fixed-route buses, bus rapid transit, microtransi ...

(Contractor for Paratransit Operations) *

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), commonly branded as Metro, LA Metro, and L.A. Metro, is the state agency that plans, operates, and coordinates funding for most of the transportation system in Los Angele ...

Los Angeles, CA (Southbay Lines) * LADOT (Los Angeles) * Lawrence Transit *

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Marin Transit Marin Transit is a public bus agency in Marin County, California, in the United States. Originally formed in 1964 as Marin County Transit District (MCTD), Marin Transit was re-branded on 30 July 2007 and now provides a variety of fixed-route and de ...

** Contractor for West Marin Stagecoach *

MTA Maryland The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation. The MTA operates a comprehensive transit system throughout the Baltimore-Washingt ...

Monterey Park Spirit Bus The Monterey Park Spirit Bus is the transportation service of Monterey Park, California, United States, providing local routes that serve the need of those commuting within the city itself or who plan on using the bus to connect with rail service ...

* Monterey-Salinas Transit ** Contractor for paratransit, minibus, and tourist-trolley routes *

North County Transit District The North County Transit District (typically abbreviated as NCTD) is the agency responsible for public transportation in Northern San Diego County, California. The agency manages the COASTER commuter rail service between Oceanside and San Dieg ...

(Bus system only) * NYC MTA (Subcontractor for Access-A-Ride program in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Harlem) *

Orange County Transportation Authority The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is the transportation planning commission for Orange County, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. OCTA is responsible for funding and implementing transit and capital projects for th ...

(ACCESS Only) * Pueblo Transit CitiLift *

Petaluma Transit Petaluma Transit is the public bus service in the city of Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. The system connects with several Sonoma County Transit routes for further travel within the county, Golden Gate Transit routes for travel between the ci ...

Putnam Transit Putnam Transit or Putnam Area Rapid Transit (PART) is the provider of bus transit in Putnam County, New York. An agency of the Putnam County government, Putnam Transit came into service in the mid-1970s as a startup system in the wake of growing su ...

RTC Transit RTC Transit is the name of the bus system in the Las Vegas metropolitan area of Clark County, Nevada, Clark County, Nevada. It is a subsidiary of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. While it services most of Clark County ...

Simmons "Lot A" Yard *

Roseville Transit Roseville Transit is the operator of mass transportation in the expansive Sacramento, California suburb of Roseville. Fourteen local routes provide intracity service six days per week. Commuter service is also provided eight times per weekday, c ...

* Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County ** Contractor for RTC RIDE buses in Reno and Sparks NV. *

SamTrans SamTrans (stylized as samTrans; officially the San Mateo County Transit District) is a public transport agency in and around San Mateo, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It provides bus service throughout San Mateo County and into porti ...

** Contractor for services that cross the San Mateo County line to San Francisco * San Benito County Transit * San Mateo County Parks Shuttle * Santa Clarita Transit * San Joaquin RTD County Services *

Santa Maria Area Transit Santa Maria Regional Transit (SMRT), formerly Santa Maria Area Transit (SMAT), is a bus service local to Santa Maria, California, providing both intracity service within Santa Maria and intercity service within Santa Barbara County, including rou ...

Santa Rosa CityBus Santa Rosa CityBus is a public transportation agency providing bus service in the northern California city of Santa Rosa. It provides service for over 2.8 million passenger trips annually. Routes A total of 18 routes are operated by Santa Rosa C ...

** Contractor for Santa Rosa Paratransit * SEPTA CCT Connect (Philadelphia County) * Skyline College Express * South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) *

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Thousand Oaks Transit Thousand Oaks Transit (TOT) is Thousand Oaks, California's transportation service, providing local routes that serve the need of those commuting within the city itself. Routes *1 (Gold Line) Newbury Park *2 (Green Line) Central Thousand Oaks *3 ...

TCaT Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc., usually referred to as TCAT, is a private, non-profit public transportation operator, created by Cornell University, Tompkins County, and the City of Ithaca to serve Tompkins County, New York. The vast m ...

(Tulare County Area Transit) * Tulare Intermodal Express (TIME) Tulare, CA * West Hollywood CityLine * Union City Transit *

Valley Metro The Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority, more popularly known as Valley Metro, is the unified public brand of the regional transit system for the Phoenix metropolitan area. Within the system, it is divided between Valley Metro ...

** Contractor for Phoenix Dial-A-Ride *

WestCAT WestCAT is a public transportation service in western Contra Costa County (north of Oakland, CA). It is a service of the Western Contra Costa Transit Authority. The Western Contra Costa County Transit (WestCAT) was established in August 1977 as ...

(Western Contra Costa County Transit) * WHEELS (California)

References

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External links

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