[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6525-S6526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING JOSEPH M. CASEY

  Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, I wish to congratulate Joseph M. Casey on 
his

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upcoming retirement as general manager of the Southeastern Pennsylvania 
Transportation Authority, also known as SEPTA. Mr. Casey has served 
SEPTA in this position for the last 7 years and will officially retire 
on September 30, 2015.
  For those who do not know, SEPTA is the largest transit system in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the sixth largest in the Nation. 
Services including bus, subway, commuter rail, light rail, and electric 
trolleybus are provided to over 3.9 million people in and around 
Philadelphia, PA, including parts of Delaware and New Jersey. A 
lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area, Mr. Casey's first memories 
of SEPTA were riding the trolley to visit his grandmother in the city 
and to attend games at Connie Mack Stadium.
  Mr. Casey began his career at SEPTA in 1982. Before becoming general 
manager in 2008, he served for 6 years as chief financial officer and 
treasurer. In senior leadership positions at the Internal Audit and 
Finance departments, he received praise for his efforts to implement 
fiscal responsibility at the authority.
  As general manager of SEPTA, Mr. Casey oversaw 9,000 employees and 
instituted several necessary programs for the authority. He shifted 
SEPTA's customer relations focus to reflect the ``Four Cs''--
Cleanliness, Convenience, Courtesy and Communication--and implemented 
initiatives to reduce energy consumption on vehicles and at facilities. 
As a result, SEPTA received the 2012 American Public Transportation 
Association, APTA, Outstanding Public Transportation System Award.
  Throughout his tenure, Mr. Casey has focused on community engagement 
and policy reforms with the aim of helping riders and the overall 
transit infrastructure system. I applaud Mr. Casey for his work with 
SEPTA over the past 34 years and his service to the residents of 
southeast Pennsylvania. His leadership and determination should serve 
as an example for his successor.

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