Lynx Prepares for Local Operator and Maintenance Roadeo

The Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (Lynx) operators and maintenance teams will begin their quest to earn local, state and international acclaim in the 2017 local Roadeo championship. The local competition will be held 10 a.m. April 2 at the Lynx Operations Center (LOC). The event is closed to the public.

Bus and Access Lynx (paratransit) operators and Maintenance teams will be put through physical and mental challenges testing their everyday workplace skills. Technicians will locate and troubleshoot planted defects in a bus, in an engine, in the A/C system and in the air brake system. Operators will identify defects in a bus and then drive though a challenging obstacle course while being timed and judged in safety habits.

The winners will move on to the state event April 29 at Votran in Daytona Beach, Florida. This training exercise will be sponsored by the Florida Department of Transportation and the Florida Public Transportation Association. 

In May, the state champion maintenance team and bus operator (Team Florida) will head to Reno, Nevada, for the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) International Bus Roadeo.  

The Lynx maintenance team of Chris Balroop, Harry Mootoo and Radu Solomon are the defending APTA Roadeo maintenance champions.

Schedule of events

April 2

10 a.m. — noon

Lynx Operations Center

Building A (Maintenance)

Building B (Operators)

2500 Lynx Lane

Orlando, Florida 32804

(Off Princeton Street near John Young Parkway.)