Fort Worth’s Bivens to Lead Regional Transportation Council for the Next Year
6/8/2023
Dallas County’s Jenkins, Johnson County’s Bailey also named officers
(Arlington, Texas) – Fort Worth Mayor Pro Tem Gyna Bivens was elected chair of the Regional Transportation Council on Thursday and will lead the 45-member transportation policymaking body for the next year.
Bivens takes over for Collin County Commissioner Duncan Webb, who steered the RTC through the recently concluded 88th Texas Legislature.
Bivens is president and executive director of North Texas LEAD (Leaders and Executives Advocating Diversity), a talent search firm that connects jobseekers with businesses and organizations committed to creating diverse and inclusive leadership teams. A graduate of North Texas State University, Bivens is a former corporate spokesperson and broadcast journalist. Bivens has been an RTC member since 2021 and has represented Fort Worth as its District 5 Councilmember since 2013. She spent the past year as vice chair of the RTC.
Longtime RTC member Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, who joined the policymaking body in 2011, will be the next vice chair. Johnson County Commissioner Rick Bailey was elected secretary. Bailey was appointed to the RTC in July 2022.
The RTC includes local elected or appointed officials from the Dallas-Fort Worth area and representatives from the region’s transportation providers. As the transportation policymaking body for the 12-county Dallas-Fort Worth area, the RTC oversees transportation planning for the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country, which has a current population of approximately
8 million people.
The RTC guides the development of roadway, rail and bicycle-pedestrian plans and programs; allocates transportation funds; and recommends projects to the Texas Transportation Commission for other programs. The policymaking body also ensures transportation services are coordinated throughout the region and the metropolitan area complies with federal air quality standards.
The region's long- and short-range transportation plans must comply with federal air quality regulations because 10 Dallas-Fort Worth area counties – Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant and Wise – are in nonattainment for ozone pollution.
The RTC has historically taken an innovative approach to meeting the region’s transportation and air quality challenges, allowing the policymakers to enhance the quality of life of people throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The new officers will serve in their positions through June 2024.
Bivens takes over for Collin County Commissioner Duncan Webb, who steered the RTC through the recently concluded 88th Texas Legislature.
Bivens is president and executive director of North Texas LEAD (Leaders and Executives Advocating Diversity), a talent search firm that connects jobseekers with businesses and organizations committed to creating diverse and inclusive leadership teams. A graduate of North Texas State University, Bivens is a former corporate spokesperson and broadcast journalist. Bivens has been an RTC member since 2021 and has represented Fort Worth as its District 5 Councilmember since 2013. She spent the past year as vice chair of the RTC.
Longtime RTC member Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, who joined the policymaking body in 2011, will be the next vice chair. Johnson County Commissioner Rick Bailey was elected secretary. Bailey was appointed to the RTC in July 2022.
The RTC includes local elected or appointed officials from the Dallas-Fort Worth area and representatives from the region’s transportation providers. As the transportation policymaking body for the 12-county Dallas-Fort Worth area, the RTC oversees transportation planning for the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country, which has a current population of approximately
8 million people.
The RTC guides the development of roadway, rail and bicycle-pedestrian plans and programs; allocates transportation funds; and recommends projects to the Texas Transportation Commission for other programs. The policymaking body also ensures transportation services are coordinated throughout the region and the metropolitan area complies with federal air quality standards.
The region's long- and short-range transportation plans must comply with federal air quality regulations because 10 Dallas-Fort Worth area counties – Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant and Wise – are in nonattainment for ozone pollution.
The RTC has historically taken an innovative approach to meeting the region’s transportation and air quality challenges, allowing the policymakers to enhance the quality of life of people throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The new officers will serve in their positions through June 2024.