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Traffic & Transit

Leslie Richards, SEPTA GM Discusses Her New Role

The former PennDOT secretary talks about leadership and the link between community and transportation.

Leslie Richards, general manager of SEPTA joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast for a conversation on leadership, the inextricable link between community and transportation, and managing a multimodal transportation system. Richards, who recently wrapped up her tenure as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, is the first transportation planner to lead SEPTA. She discusses the opportunities and challenges faced by the agency, which provides 300 million trips per year.

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