Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser praises the Shreveport-Bossier area for the record setting success of the just completed Mudbug Madness Memorial Day Festival.
The festival, back this year after a year hiatus because of the COVID pandemic, returned with record numbers of attendees, with Saturday night crowds estimated to be in excess of 10,000. Unbelievable! We made a commitment to promote and support festivals anywhere in the state, because we can t afford to have any event not be a success, says Nungesser, It s been an incredible success and great successes all over Louisiana. We re back open for business and I think we re going to bounce back a lot faster than people think.
Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser praises the Shreveport-Bossier area for the record setting success of the just completed Mudbug Madness Memorial Day Festival.
The festival, back this year after a year hiatus because of the COVID pandemic, returned with record numbers of attendees, with Saturday night crowds estimated to be in excess of 10,000. Unbelievable! We made a commitment to promote and support festivals anywhere in the state, because we can t afford to have any event not be a success, says Nungesser, It s been an incredible success and great successes all over Louisiana. We re back open for business and I think we re going to bounce back a lot faster than people think.
People News: Keolis Group, WSP USA, STV, Operation Lifesaver
May 03, 2021
People News: Keolis Group, WSP USA, STV, Operation Lifesaver Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
Keolis Group makes Executive Committee appointments; WSP USA National Transit and Rail Leader receives Woman of the Year Award from the Northeast Florida Chapter of WTS International (WTSI); STV appoints Vice President; Operation Lifesaver, Inc., (OLI) announces new members of the Board of Directors and National Advisory Council.
Clément Michel, Keolis Group
Clément Michel, President and CEO of Keolis North America, has been named Senior Executive Vice President Human Resources and Transformation of Keolis Group, succeeding Bruno Danet, who is leaving the company. Michel joins the Executive Committee and will also lead the group’s Health and Safety, Employee Engagement, and Sustainable Development policies.
The deployment of zero-emission buses in the US has lacked the impetus of the electrification efforts seen in China and Europe, as discussed in IDTechEx s report Electric, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Buses 2021-2040 . This is about to change. At the end of March 2021, the Biden Government announced a $2 trillion dollar package, The American Jobs Plan , which proposes a $174 billion investment in the US electric vehicle market. As part of this investment, the plan intends to directly promote the electric bus market, facilitating the replacement of 50,000 diesel transit buses with zero-emission buses, whilst also helping to electrify at least 20% of the nation s 480,000+ yellow school bus fleet.