Mark Holmes

Mark A. Holmes is a transit operations and planning expert with four decades of experience in scheduling, service planning, network redesigns and zero-emissions fleet integration. Starting his career as a traffic checker for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) New York City (NYC) Transit, he has held key roles in bus and rail scheduling, including director of schedules, chief officer of planning at MTA Bus Company, deputy general manager of bus operations. He has collaborated with agencies like NYC Department of Transportation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Holmes is currently writing a book on service planning and operations. His work explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, service planning, predictive maintenance and sustainable transit.