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TARC Executive Director J. Barry Barker has been selected as the recipient of the Transportation Research Board’s 2012 Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation.

Barker is recognized for his career-long commitment and contributions to improving transportation access—and the quality of life—for the poor, elderly, and people with disabilities, the TRB said on the organization’s website.

“His people-oriented initiatives at TARC have been widely recognized at the community, state, and national levels,” the organization said in making the announcement.

Barker said the award is especially meaningful because it honors the memory of Sharon D. Banks, who was General Manager of AC Transit, Oakland, California, from 1991 to 1999 and who chaired the TRB Executive Committee in 1998. She died in 1999.

“Sharon Banks was a friend and she even mentored my daughter so I’m especially proud to receive this honor,” Barker said. “She had a big heart and she was one of the most effective managers I ever met.”

The Banks Award, which will be presented on January 25, 2012, at the TRB 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., recognizes individuals whose accomplishments exemplify her ideals of humanity and service by making a significant difference in the lives of those who use, deliver, or support transportation services.

TRB is one of six major divisions of the National Research Council— a private, nonprofit institution that is the principal operating agency of the National Academies in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The National Research Council is jointly administered by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.


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