Chief of public transit systems in NYC, Boston, London dies
Robert Kiley, who is credited with revitalizing and modernizing public transportation networks in New York, Boston and London, has died. He was 80.
Kiley died Tuesday at his Chilmark home on Martha’s Vineyard of complications of Alzheimer’s disease, according to family spokesman Kenneth Campbell.
Kiley revived Boston’s public transport system in the 1970s and New York’s in the 1980s. He was commissioner of transport for London from 2001 to 2006, overseeing the rebuilding of the century-old Tube, its stations, subway cars and rail infrastructure.