Lynx Wins Third Straight State Maintenance and Operator Roadeo Championship

It was a third consecutive championship year for the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (Lynx) maintenance team at the State Roadeo.

Now Lynx maintenance team members Chris Balroop, Harry Mootoo and Radu Solomon are preparing to compete at the American Public Transportation Association’s International Bus Roadeo on May 15 in Charlotte, NC.

The team also won awards for their assessments of an air conditioner module, vapor door, engine and bus inspection.

By combining the maintenance score with operator Steve Kalicharan’s finish this is the ninth Grand Champion award for Lynx.

Access Lynx operator DeAndre Moore placed second in the paratransit cutaway van division.

Operators and Maintenance teams were put through physical and mental challenges testing their everyday workplace skills. The training exercise sponsored by the Florida Department of Transportation and the Florida Public Transportation Association was held at the LeeTran in Ft. Myers, FL.