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Linda Watson, President/CEO

Linda Watson

Linda S. Watson is the president/chief executive officer of the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Austin, Texas. She has more than 25 years of transportation related experience.

When Watson arrived at Capital Metro in August 2010, she set a high bar for service, oversight and accountability. With new leadership, a new vision and a new direction, Capital Metro has transformed into a more transparent, accountable and financially sustainable organization that is trusted and valued by the community.

Capital Metro was the first transit system in Texas to earn the state comptroller’s highest level recognition for online financial transparency. As Watson likes to say, “You can see very dollar we spend online.”

System wide ridership on Capital Metro jumped more than one million in 2011. Austin area commuters have embraced the MetroRail commuter line with ridership more than doubling. With a strong community push for additional rail service, Watson shaped a new partnership with the city of Austin, paving the way for expanded Friday night and weekend MetroRail service in 2012.

Before coming to Capital Metro, Watson was the chief executive officer of LYNX, the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority Orlando. She also previously served as the general manager of the Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority and was the assistant general manager of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority.

Watson serves on the board of several organizations including:

  • Circuit of the Americas Events Host Committee
  • Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Advisory Council
  • ITS America

In 2011, Watson was named transportation executive of the year by the Austin Chapter of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO).

She is an alumna of Leadership Texas, Leadership Fort Worth, Leadership Corpus Christi and Leadership Orlando. She graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a B.A. in Political Science and an M.A. in Urban and Regional Affairs and was honored as a “Distinguished Alumni.”


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