Mr. Tounkara, 37, was among 200 people who applied for this spring's auditions, about 70 of whom were selected to play Thursday before a panel of 40 judges that included music industry professionals and transit employees.
Mr. Tounkara, 37, was among 200 people who applied for this spring's auditions, about 70 of whom were selected to play Thursday before a panel of 40 judges, including music industry professionals and transit employees.
He can start by hiring — and supporting — the best, independent-minded transit professional to do the crucial, if often thankless, job of running the authority.
"I'm not sure the English language captures what goes beyond doomsday, but to me, as a transit professional, as a citizen and a user of the system, they are just unbelievably difficult, and I think some would view them as horrific," Mr. Sander said.
While some past authority chairmen were transit professionals, others were merely cronies of the governors who appointed them.
The security professionals patrolling a transit station or monitoring access at an office building could include a college student, retiree, transitioning military sergeant and a young professional with management aspirations.
In the hills behind Barcelona, at the 100-year-old Fabra Observatory, Jorge Núñez, a professional astronomer, followed the transit's final hour.
While I wouldn't go so far as to call Zipcar, Uber, Lyft and even public transit potential "professional service" or "support" firms in the traditional context, engaging them to assist in maintaining service levels can be where the rubber hits the road, accelerating CaaS.
A professional surveyor uses electronic transits in these situations, but these are typically too expensive for home use.
She and a gang of fellow-dissidents want Theo to use his contacts, personal or professional, to get hold of transit papers — the only guarantee of safe passage, these days — for a young woman named Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey).
