July 29 marks the 116th Birth Anniversary of Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, popularly known as J.R.D Tata who was more than just an industrialist. Tata was a visionary man who strongly believed in the welfare of employees. JRD was the son of eminent businessman Ratani Dada Dadabhoy Tata and Suzanne Briere. Interestingly, is mother was the first woman in India to drive a car.
MTA Board of Directors Welcomes Lydia So By Stephen Chun Lydia So, a championed public servant, advocate for the AAPI community and an accomplished urban planner, designer and architect, has joined the SFMTA’s Board of Directors. She was appointed in June 2023 and sworn in by Mayor London Breed on Aug. 23, 2023, at Central Subway’s Chinatown Rose Pak Station, in line with her personal connection with the Chinatown community. So was born in Hong Kong and is fluent in Chinese (Cantonese). She is the founder of the architecture firm SOLYD Architecture, Management and Design. She is a former Historic Preservation Commissioner for the San Francisco Planning Department where she voted in favor of the Potrero Yard Modernization Project that is expected to bring hundreds of housing units to our city while maintaining the functions of the SFMTA. She was the first Chinese American Historic Preservation Commissioner, implemented the Planning Department’s Racial and Social Equity policy and
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