MV Transportation, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas., is the largest private provider of paratransit services and the largest privately owned transportation contracting firm in the United States. The company employs more than 17,000 workers and operates more than 190 paratransit, fixed-route, shuttle and Medicaid contracts in 28 states, the District of Columbia, 2 Canadian provinces, and Saudi Arabia.
MV Transportation, Inc., was founded in 1975 in San Francisco, California, by husband and wife team Alex and Feysan Lodde, who continue to own the company. For the first twenty years of service, the company remained small, operating in fewer than 10 locations. In the mid 1990s the transportation industry experienced a wave of consolidation when several small and mid-sized companies merged and acquired each other. As a result, privately held MV found itself facing major multinational corporations. At this time, MV Transportation recruited a number of top industry professionals who developed and expanded the company under the guidance of the Loddes.
Today, MV Transportation has $1 billion in annual revenue and operates nearly 10,000 vehicles across the United States and Canada. It offers cities, counties, transit authorities and private companies transportation in paratransit, fixed route, flex route, commuter service and Medicaid transportation management. MV also contracts with several entities to provide turnkey services, operating all modes of service under one contract.
1978: incorporated in the State of California as MediVan
1984: the company won its first government contract
1990: name changed from MediVan to MV Transportation, Inc.
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.
Anchor-Rides, Anchorage, AK
Anchorage School District Anchorage, AK
Austin, Texas, Capital Metro (MetroAccess)
Barrie Transit (Ontario, Canada)
Barstow Area Transit
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority
Compton Renaissance Transit
Dumbarton Express
Durham Area Transit Authority
Detroit Department of Transportation
E-tran
Emery Go-Round
Fairfax Connector
Foothill Transit
Fresno Area Express (Contractor for Paratransit Operations)
Glendale Beeline
Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation (Contractor for Paratransit Operations)
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Los Angeles, CA (Southbay Lines)
Los Angeles Department Of Transportation
Lawrence Transit
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Marin Transit
Contractor for West Marin Stagecoach
MTA Maryland
Monterey Park Spirit Bus
Monterey-Salinas Transit
Contractor for paratransit, minibus, and tourist-trolley routes
Orange County Transportation Authority (ACCESS Only)
Palm Springs BUZZ Trolley
Phoenix Dial-a-Ride
Pueblo Transit CitiLift
Petaluma Transit
RTC Transit Simmons "Lot A" Yard
Roseville Transit
Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County
Contractor for RTC RIDE buses in Reno and Sparks NV.
SamTrans
Contractor for services that cross the San Mateo County line to San Francisco
Santa Clarita Transit
San Joaquin RTD County Services
Santa Maria Area Transit
Santa Rosa CityBus
Contractor for Santa Rosa Paratransit
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
St. John's, Newfoundland
Thousand Oaks Transit
TCaT (Tulare County Area Transit)
Tulare Intermodal Express (TIME) Tulare, CA
West Hollywood CityLine
Union City Transit
Visalia Transit Visalia, CA
WestCAT (Western Contra Costa County Transit)
Subcontractor for NYC MTA Access-A-Ride program in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Harlem
