MV Transportation, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas,[3] is the largest privately owned passenger transportation contracting services firm in the United States. The company can provide paratransit, fixed-route, campus and corporate shuttles, and student transportation services, partnering with over 200 city and county government transit agencies, school districts, universities, and corporations. MV serves over 110 million passengers each year across 30 states and Canada with a team of more than 20,000 transit professionals.[4]
History
MV Transportation, Inc. was founded in 1975 in San Francisco, California, by Alex and Feysan Lodde, who continue to own the company.[5] The Loddes realized the limited transportation options for the elderly and people with disabilities and began providing transportation services throughout the city. By 1990, the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, mandating comparable transportation for passengers with disabilities.
Since that time MV has grown, now generating over $1.3B in 2022 annual revenues and representing more than 200 public transit agencies and private companies in performing their passenger transportation service in both the U.S. and Canada. It is the largest privately owned transportation company in North America, providing paratransit, fixed route, shuttle and school transportation services.
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Company milestones
1978: incorporated in the state of California as MediVan[6]
1984: the company won its first government contract
1990: name changed from MediVan to MV Transportation, Inc.[6]
2001: MV won its first contract outside of its home state, California
2004: MV is named one of America's fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine
2004: MV debuted on Black Enterprise Magazine's B.E. 100 list as the 16th largest Black-owned company in the United States
2004: MV was awarded Microsoft's employee shuttle contract
2005: MV was awarded $500+ million contract in Washington D.C., largest in company history
2008: MV won the TransLink paratransit contract in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company's first contract outside the United States.
2010: MV Transportation was celebrated by client, Bechtel Corporation for its work at Motiva Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. The MV division drove one million miles and carried one million passengers at the site.
2012: MV Transportation relocated its global headquarters from Fairfield, California, to Dallas, Texas.[7]
