When the mission is right, great people return.

Welcome back, Ross. Let's build. 💪

#BoomerangEmployee #Leadership

The best hires aren't always new hires. 📢

This week, Ross Colvin rejoins Icomera as Director of Client Success, bringing expertise in OEM partnerships and emerging solutions back home.

Federal transportation policy is stuck in reverse.

Join the voices ready to fix broken procurement processes that kill innovation.

🗓️ Sept 25 | 2:00 PM ET #BUILTRIGHT

📍 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

cc: @apta-info.bsky.social, @railmag.bsky.social

FTA's Molinaro was blunt about timing: the policy window won't stay open forever.

Technology, operations, and policy aren't separate challenges, they're interconnected.

Full analysis on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/glopezbe...

cc: @politico.com, @vox.com, @thehill.com

Meanwhile, commuter rail is quietly revolutionizing itself. @mta.info Metro-North's #AI catches critical communication failures with 95% accuracy.

Not innovation theater. Real safety improvements.

cc: @mbta-cr.bsky.social, @apta-info.bsky.social, @railmag.bsky.social

The #tech crisis is real: agencies demanding 10-15% cuts to maintenance contracts while expecting same scope.

We're treating software like buses: one-time purchases instead of infrastructure requiring continuous investment.

Time for procurement reform...

Three Hard Truths from APTA TRANSform 2025 Why Transit's Future Depends on What We Do Next

Three hard truths from #APTATRANSform25 that transit leaders can't ignore:

🔧 Tech vendors are breaking under procurement pressure

🚂 Commuter rail is proving AI works (95% accuracy in safety)

⚡ FTA Admin's reality check: "Move now"

My analysis: open.substack.com/pub/glopezbe... 🧵

Half-Time Has Come (and Gone) There's something about turning 40.

Turned 40 this week. Half-time’s over. The next chapter isn’t about proving I’m enough; it’s knowing I already am. Read it on
SubStack:

glopezbernal.substack.com/p/half-time-...

#Reflections #ImposterSyndrome #Milestone

The Mountain is Me What I found in Paris wasn’t perfect frames, but the weight of my own expectations.

I went to Paris chasing perfect photographs. What I found instead was the weight of my own expectations.

Read: ✍️ The Mountain is Me

open.substack.com/pub/glopezbe...

Just yesterday, I visited the Smithsonian and paused to reflect on Jimmy Carter's portrait. A reminder of a president whose legacy extends far beyond his time in office, from championing human rights to eradicating disease worldwide.

Taking @wmata.com to the @apta-info.bsky.social Winter Legislative Conference—because there’s no better way to engage with the future of public transit than by using it firsthand.