John Santamaria, Senior Vice President of Rail, Clever Devices
Clever Devices, an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) provider, has named John Santamaria Senior Vice President of Rail.
Santamaria will focus on rail customer acquisition and project deployment, and help define the Woodbury, N.Y.-based company’s rail solutions portfolio.
He served most recently as Vice President and Chief Mechanical Officer, Car Equipment, at MTA New York City Transit (NYCT), overseeing maintenance and acquisitions. Santamaria spent more than 23 years at the agency, which he joined after holding engineering positions at Northrop Grumman. He is Vice-Chair of the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Rolling Equipment Technical Forum and an active participant in the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Rolling Stock subcommittee.
The market value for
electric bus ITS deployed in public transport operations in Europe was € 12.7 million in 2019.
Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 37.5 percent, this number is expected to reach € 62.4 million by 2024. The North American market for electric bus ITS is similarly forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 34.2 percent from € 2.7 million in 2019 to reach € 11.8 million in 2024.
Berg Insight is of the opinion that
the market for ITS solutions for electric buses is in a growth phase which will last for several years to come. Mega-challenges such as urbanisation, climate change and traffic congestion continue to encourage investments in electric buses and ITS, contributing to a positive outlook for the market.