MAYOR DERRICK Huimphieys. “is Stith, head of
the board of B.C. Transit but:'the role of
municipal politicians in the reworked body that
will oversee public transit is up in the air.

Changes announced
Thursday. in the wake of the
resignation of Metro Transit
Operating: Company chair-
man MLA Bill Reid, will see
Metro Transit and B.C.
Transit" ‘sombined under the

. ‘a .

leadership of Stu. Hodgson.

Hodgson is currently head.
of the B.C, Ferry Corpora-
tion.

He was named chairman’

and chief executive officer of
MTOC and will serve as
chief executive officer of a
new version of B.C. Transit.
Legislation that will be in-
troduced during the next sit-
ting in Victoria will see the
board of MTOC: aborbed by

B.C, Transit,

That"same legislation will
also’ spell out the future role
of - municipal politicians in
directing transit operatidns,

he Lowe aidan from. the: steps leading to.
first-ever: visit ji

says Human Resources
Minister Grace McCarthy,
the minister responsible for
transit

Humphreys said Friday he
was dclighted with the choice
of Hodgson and picased
with the changes. .

**it will be a splendid im-~

provement on- the tangled
situation that existed be-
fore,"" Humphreys said.

The reorganizational

his plane that ait

There. are. more photographs, tet full, color,

moves come on the heels of
the lengthy, bitter confronta.
ton between MTOC and the
Independent Canadian Tran-
sit Umon During the course
of that strike, a report was
released that said relations
between labor and manage-
ment were poor.

Under the current set-up,
MTOC runs transit opera-

‘tions in Vancouver and Vic-

tonia B.C Transit was

established in

1978 to pro
vide planning, technical and
financial assistance to urban
transit systems

McCarthy said the two
organizations would be
combined to end duphcation
of services and efforts of the
two. Under the reorganiza
tion plan, B.C. Transit will
assume direct responsitbity
for the Vancouver and Vi
torta transit systems