SFRTA governing board elect new chair and vice chair

Florida's Broward County Commissioner Kristin Jacobs was elected chair of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority Governing Board at its June meeting. At the same meeting, Palm Beach County Commissioner Steven Abrams was elected vice chair of the Board. Both terms begin on July 1, 2011 and last for one year. Commissioner Jacobs was elected to represent District 2 on the Broward County Commission in 1998. She has always been a supporter of mass transit as a means of easing traffic congestion and pollution in Broward County. She spearheaded the Community Bus Transport Network, which connects neighborhoods to Broward County Transit in more than 20 cities. Commissioner Abrams has been serving on the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners representing District 4 since 2009 and was elected in 2010 without opposition to a full four-year term. A former Mayor of Boca Raton, he was elected in 2001, re-elected in 2003 without opposition and again in 2005.