Tri-Rail’s board picks new executive director to run South Florida commuter line

The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority has again turned to the public transit system serving Austin, Texas, to find a new executive director to run the Tri-Rail commuter rail line.

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The authority’s board voted July 24 to select Dave J. Kubicek, currently executive vice president of capital construction engineering design at CapMetro, a transit partnership that serves the Austin area. CapMetro is where past Tri-Rail executive director Dave Dech worked before coming to South Florida in 2022. The system is Austin’s regional public transportation provider, offering rail, bus and other ride services in Central Texas since 1985.

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The next step for the SFRTA board is to negotiate an annual salary for Kubicek that is no higher than $327,500, which is about what Dech earned, and includes a retention bonus. The package also has relocation costs that won’t exceed $25,000.

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