SYMPOSIUM OF EXPERTS TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION IN NYC
In Countdown to Car Free Day, Transportation Experts to Discuss How to Ensure Future of Transportation is Sustainable
NYC Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez to Key Note Event, Addressing Ambitious Vision for Improving Active & Mass Transportation
New York, NY -- On the morning of Wednesday, April 12th, 2017, at NYIT, the University Transportation Research Center, Region 2, will host a symposium on "Steps Toward a Sustainable Transportation Future in NYC," featuring academics in the transportation field as well as transportation professionals in NYC.
The event, part of the Car Free NYC initiative, will address how New York City can plan for a future that is less reliant on personal vehicles and instead encourages active and mass transportation.
Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez will keynote the event, speaking on systematic improvements to ease congestion, including through truck delivery scheduling; improvements to MTA station maintenance, through public-private-partnerships to ease cost burdens; improvements to bus service to create true BRT; among a range of other improvements.
The event will feature a presentation from Cubic Transportation Systems, who compiled and analyzed data from Car Free Day 2016, showing an uptick in transit ridership and massive Citi Bike ridership increases.
Panel discussions will address both policy making and research, featuring leading experts in their respective fields. The panels are as follows:
Panel 1: How Can Data & Research Influence Future Transportation Policy
Moderator: Matthew Daus, Former TLC Chair, Distinguished Lecturer, CCNY
Panelists:
Nilda Mesa, Former Director of the NYC Mayor's Office for Sustainability & Professor at Columbia University
Michael Replogle
, Policy Director, NYC DOT
Pierina Ana-Sanchez
, New York Director, Regional Plan Association
Caroline Samponaro
, Deputy Director, Transportation Alternatives
Panel 2: Research Opportunities and what the Data Shows
Moderator: Dr. Camille Kamga, Director UTRC, Region 2
Panelists:
John Falcocchio,
Professor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Dr. Alison Conway
, Professor, CCNY
Sarah Kaufman
, Professor, NYU Rudin Center for Transportation
What: Symposium on Sustainable Transportation for the Future of NYC
When: TOMORROW - Wednesday, April 12th, 8:30am (doors open), 9:00am (program begins)
Where: New York Institute of Technology, 16 West 61st Street (Broadway), 11th Floor Auditorium
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