AASHTO - Freight Transportation Network

Chair
Eugene A. Conti, Jr.
Secretary of Transportation
North Carolina DOT

Vice Chair
Bill Bronte
Chief – Office of Rail
CalTrans

Liaison
Leo Penne
AASHTO

Passenger Rail
Shayne Gill
AASHTO

Freight Rail
Chris Smith
AASHTO

William D. “Bill” Bronte
Chief – Division of Rail
California Department of Transportation

Bronte William D. (Bill) Bronte serves as chief of the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) Division of Rail. In this capacity, he is responsible for the program management, administration, and marketing of two the three State-supported Amtrak services in California and providing program oversight of the third service. These state–supported services are the Pacific Surfliner operating between San Diego and Santa Barbara and the San Joaquin service operating between Bakersfield and Oakland/Sacramento. The third state supported service is the Capitol Corridor connecting Sacramento and San Jose which is funded by the State but managed by the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority. The Pacific Surfliner, Capitol Corridor, and the San Joaquin corridor services are the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th busiest intercity rail corridors in the nation.

In addition to the management and administration of the State’s contracts with Amtrak, Caltrans’ Division of Rail is responsible for the evaluation and development of potential intercity rail services, management of intercity rail capital projects on the BNSF and Union Pacific railroads, acquisition of new rail rolling stock, rehabilitation and re-building of the state owned rail equipment, and implementation of the Department’s grade crossing safety programs.

A 30 year Caltrans veteran, Bill has served in a variety of other positions within the Department, most related to the programming and financing of rail capital projects and operations.

Bill holds a BA in Economics from California State University, Sacramento.

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