Robert (Bob) J. Baniewicz, P.E., has been appointed rail project manager for the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (The T) with responsibilities to include management oversight for the design and construction of the agency’s Southwest to Northeast commuter rail scheduled to start up in 2013. He also will assist with Tarrant County projects for the Trinity Railway Express (TRE), jointly owned and operated by The T and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART.)

Baniewicz has 32 years of experience in engineering and project management of rail transit, commuter rail, railroad and civil engineering projects across the United States.

He joins The T with prior North Texas rail experience including having worked for Parsons Brinckerhoff on the Railtran Commuter Rail Project from 1994 – 1999 to extend the Trinity Railway Express across Tarrant County into Fort Worth.

His experience with Parsons Brinckerhoff from 1988 to 2006 also included projects for Miami-Dade Transit, the Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Project and the Cleveland Waterfront Transit Line Extension.

The SW to NE commuter rail will be a 38-mile line from Southwest Fort Worth through downtown, across Tarrant County to Grapevine and into Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The TRE is a 35-mile east-west corridor with ten stations from downtown Dallas to downtown Fort Worth.

Baniewicz holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois and is a registered professional engineer in Texas and Illinois.