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Mar 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Bridgewater-Based Bill’s Taxi Service, Inc. dba A&A Metro Transportation Opens New Office In Boston’s Booming Seaport Neighborhood
For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 18, 2016 (Bridgewater, MA) – Bill’s Taxi Service, Inc. D.B.A A&A Metro Transportation, located in Bridgewater, MA, is pleased to announce that they have opened a new office in Boston’s newest business hub – the Seaport neighborhood, which has recently been chosen as the location of General Electric’s new Headquarters.
As Boston continues to grow as a technological and innovation capital of America, the Boston Seaport neighborhood has seen rapid growth as new businesses have chosen this thriving community to grow their companies. In January, when General Electric announced they would be moving their headquarters to the Boston Seaport, this growth accelerated even more.
“Opening up this office in the Boston Seaport neighborhood will put A&A Metro Transportation at the crossroads of technology and business. It is a natural and necessary place for our company to have a presence as we continually try to grow and improve to service our growing customer base. We are thrilled at the possibilities that lie ahead.“ said President & CEO Tom Arrighi.
A&A Metro Transportation has been providing transportation services throughout the Commonwealth since 1952. Their partnerships with local transit authorities many colleges and universities and numerous Councils, have made A&A Metro Transportation a central part of the area’s transit network. Additionally, local area school districts utilize transportation services to transport school-age children with special needs. Other services include: fixed route service, recreational transit, charter bus service, corporate shuttle, executive Sedan service and worldwide transportation services.
For more information please contact:
Joe McCallum
A&A Metro Transportation
Email: jmccallum@aametro.com
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Oct 22, 2010 | News
A&A Metro Transportation was profiled in Boston Business Journal and the article is below:
Separating Home And Work A Matter Of Trial And Error
For some family businesses, there’s no distinction between work and home. There may not even be a choice.
Tom Arrighi’s boyhood home in Bridgewater was also the headquarters of Bill’s Taxi Service, founded by his father in 1952.
“We’d be sitting down to eat and a driver would be cashing out,” Arrighi recalled. Sometimes a driver would stay for dinner. All five children ended up as drivers themselves at different times.
Today Bill’s Taxi Service is part of A&A Metro Transportation, with its own offices and garage, and it’s one of the finalists in the midsize category in the Family Business Association Awards for Massachusetts 2010.
Since Arrighi and a brother took over Bill’s Taxi in 1987, he has tried to separate work and home. But he had to learn by trial and error.
On his BlackBerry, he never lists himself as out of the office. On a Sunday after church, he’ll stop by the office “for a minute.”
“It drives my family absolutely nuts,” he said. “ ‘Dad! Please, no! Your two minutes is two hours.’ It’s the nature of the beast sometimes.”
But he’s had some success carving out family time. He coaches kids’ sports teams. He even took the family to Europe — where he used a satellite phone to stay in touch with the office.
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Mar 2, 2010 | News
We at A&A Metro Transportation are humbled to be a finalist for the Massachusetts Family Business Association Awards. Having been a family owned business since 1952 we pride ourselves on our business and family heritage.
The Family Business Association, Inc. is an independent, non-profit organization designed to promote family businesses and family business achievements in Massachusetts. Its goal is to promote the development of creative ideas, services, products and expertise to family-owned businesses. The annual awards program honors excellence in business management, growth, community service and business transition within family businesses.
Oct 20, 2009 | Press Release
Article re-posted from Metro Magazine:
The Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association (TLPA) named Thomas P. Arrighi, President of A&A Metro Transportation in Bridgewater, Mass., as its 2009 Paratransit Operator of the Year, during the TLPA’s annual convention held in Las Vegas earlier this month.
In a highly competitive field of applicants for the award this year, Arrighi and A&A Metro Transportation exemplified the award criteria for attention to safety, superior service and community involvement, according to the Association.
“This is a company and a leader that believe in the highest quality service, in rewarding the efforts of workers, and in being an active part in the community,” said Alfred LaGasse, CEO of the TLPA.
The company was started as Bill’s Taxi in 1952, operated by Arrighi’s parents, Bill and Dorothy. Arrighi bought the company from them in 1987, and expanded into paratransit services that first year after buying his first wheelchair van and winning a contract to transport school children. The company now has a fleet of more than 100 vehicles, 40 percent of which are ADA accessible, and provides 685,000 passenger trips each year.
Community involvement is a key belief with Arrighi. He is an elected member of the Town of Bridgewater’s Recreation Department, and for 20 years served on the YMCA’s Board of Governors in East Bridgewater. Along with his brothers and family, Arrighi has organized the annual St. Thomas Aquinas Charity Golf Tournament for the past 11 years, raising $150,000. He was named 2004 Citizen of the Year by the Bridgewater Rotary Club.
The award is an honor that Arrighi knows belongs as much to his staff, who he regularly rewards through company programs and incentives for exemplary service to clients. “We are only as strong as our front line employees,” says Arrighi. “Without them, we cannot succeed.”
In addition, the TLPA named Adepegba “Tony” Abiodun driver for Challenger Transportation of Gaithersburg, Md., the 2009 Paratransit Driver of the Year.
“He takes enormous pride in his job, in his service, and in positively affecting the quality of someone else’s day,” said the TLPA’s LaGasse.
Called “the epitome of a professional driver” by his supervisors, Abiodun has earned such a reputation for on-time reliable service that his clients will call the company just to double-check that he’s on duty that day. One elderly woman who came to depend on him for regular hospital trips even requested that, when she moved into a new care facility in a different town, he be allowed to change his area of operations.
“It‟s a good feeling to know that you have a positive effect on another person,” Abiodun said. “I believe that if you take pride in your work, you will always push yourself to do your best and to take responsibility.”
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Abiodun came to the U.S. in 1986 “in search of a better life,” he said. He received a degree in electrical engineering from the University of the District of Columbia in 1994, and is now a U.S. citizen. He became aware of the needs of people with disabilities when he was assistant store manager at a pharmacy. It was also there that he began to see Challenger vehicles bringing people to the pharmacy. He submitted an application and became a vehicle operator in 2002.
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