Cedrick Fulton

Cedrick Fulton, President, Bridges & Tunnels,
State of NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Cedrick is the President of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Bridges & Tunnels. As president, Cedrick is responsible for the operations, security, maintenance, design and engineering functions at nine bridge and tunnel facilities.  MTA Bridges and Tunnels collects close to $2B in tolls each year. The toll revenue is critical in supporting the agency’s bridge and tunnel maintenance and operations as well as NYC’s vital transit network.  Most recently, he successfully guided the agency’s transition from cash collection to cashless open road tolling (ORT) at all of its crossings. Over 840 thousand daily customers use the RFK Triboro, Henry Hudson, Marine Parkway Memorial, Bronx Whitestone, Throgs Neck, Verrazano-Narrows, and Cross Bay bridges, as well as the Queens Midtown and the Hugh L. Carey Tunnels. The transformation to ORT occurred over an aggressive ten and a half month period and has contributed significantly to enabling faster customer travel time and reducing congestion and emissions.

Prior to joining the MTA, Cedrick was a 25 year veteran of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. As the Director of the Tunnels, Bridges and Terminals department he was responsible for all of the Port Authority bridges, tunnels and bus terminals including the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, the George Washington, Outerbridge Crossing, Goethals, and Bayonne bridges, as well as the Port Authority Bus Terminal and the George Washington Bridge Bus Station. Cedrick oversaw several mega construction projects including Raising the Bayonne Bridge ($1.6B) and building a new Goethals Bridge ($1.3B) via an innovative P3 procurement and delivery strategy. During his many years at the Port Authority, Cedrick managed the Port Authority’s 42nd Street Bus Terminal, the busiest bus terminal in the world with over 250,000 passengers, and 7,500 bus movements per day. Cedrick also worked in the Port Authority’s Aviation Department as the Assistant Director, Operations & Maintenance overseeing support functions related to operations and maintenance activities at JFK, LaGuardia, Newark and Teterboro airports.

In the early part of his career, Cedrick spent twelve years as a procurement professional at the NYC School Construction Authority, the NJ Division and of Building and Construction and the United States Air Force.

Cedrick has a law degree from Seton Hall Law School in Newark, New Jersey and a bachelor’s degree from the Saint Leo University in Saint Leo, Florida. Cedrick serves as a Board Director on the Transportation Operations Coordination Committee (TRANSCOM), and the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA).