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Events

To raise awareness regarding current issues facing the transportation community, and to recognize those individuals who continue to improve the field of transportation, the Rudin Center hosts a series of annual events including symposia, an awards reception, Transportation Policymakers Breakfasts, and Visiting Scholars Lecture Series.

Copies of conference proceedings and summaries can be downloaded from the site, where indicated, or requests for hard copies can be emailed to rudin.center@nyu.edu.


RECENT SYMPOSIA


FALL SYMPOSIUM - MAKING THE CONNECTION: Transit Oriented Development - A Blueprint for Success

On November 14, 2008, close to 400 individuals attended "MAKING THE CONNECTION: Transit Oriented Development - A Blueprint for Success." The symposium was co-sponsored by the NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, The Louis Berger Group, Peckar and Abramsom, P.C., Sam Schwartz Engineering, and Turner Construction Company and in association with several other organizations. Douglas Foy, President of Serrafix Corporation, delivered the keynote address on the transportation and land use connection. Featuring two panels of experts from the public and private sector, the potential and the promise of transit-oriented development and best practices around the country were discussed.

A summary of the symposium is available here


Webcast of the Symposium

1) Welcoming Remarks and Framing the Issue[View Webcast]

2) Keynote Address: Transportation and Land Use - The Connection [View Webcast]

3) Panel 1: TOD - The Potential & the Promise [View Webcast]

4) Panel 2: TOD in Practice [View Webcast]

Presentations
Joel Ettinger, "Making the Connection"

Richard T. Roberts, "A Blueprint for Success"

Michael Schipper, "Euclid Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Project"

Philip Charles, "TOD Down Under: The MIll Albion"

Randall Fleischer, "Strategies and Lessons Learned"

 

SPRING SYMPOSIUM - CLOSING THE GAP:Financing the Region's Transportation Needs

On June 4, 2008, about 320 individuals from both the public and private sectors attended "CLOSING THE GAP: Financing the Region's Transportation Needs." The symposium was co-sponsored by the NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Port Authority of NY & NJ, CSX Transportation, and the American Planning Association's New York Metro Chapter, University Transportation Center - Region 2, Wagner Transportation Association. Edward Rendell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, provided the keynote address. In addition, the conference featured two panels of experts who discussed the transportation funding crisis at the national and local levels; future options for financing and funding operations and maintenance, capital improvements, and expansion; and the institutional and political challenges associated with how we raise monies for transportation.

 

A summary of the meeting is available here

Presentations
Joel Ettinger, "The Regional Financial Picture"

JayEtta Hecker, "Financing Regional Transportation Needs"

Martin Wachs, "Financing the Region's Transportation Needs"

Charles Russell, "Funding the Gap: Making the Beneficiaries Pay"

Webcast of the Symposium

1) Welcoming Remarks: Framing the Issue [View Webcast]

2) Keynote Address: Dollars and Sense – The Challenge [View Webcast]

3) Panel 1: The Past and Present [View Webcast]

4) Panel 2: Closing the Gap – Future Options; Closing Remarks [View Webcast]


 

FINANCING TRANSPORTATION:A National Imperative
- held on May 1, 2008 at the Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue

Presentations
Frank McArdle, "The National Study Commission and 2009"

Kathy Ruffalo, "Interim Report of Financing Commission"

Mortimer Downey, "Financing Transportation in the 21st Century"


PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: National and International Experience, Local Possibilities
- held on March 25, 2008 at the Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue

Presentations
John Schmidt & David Narefsky, "Applying the Toll Road Privatization Model to Other Assets"

David Narefsky & John Schmidt, "U.S. Airport Privatization: Chicago Midway Airport and Beyond"

Sebastien Gourgouiliat, "Public Private Partnerships: French and European Cases"


Visiting Scholar Lecture and Book Signing - Anthony Perl, Ph.D., "Transportation Revolution: Moving People and Freight without Oil
- held on February 26, 2008 at the Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue

The Annual Leadership in Transportation Awards - held on February 7, 2008 at the NYU Kimmel Center

  • Public Leader Award: Honorable Michael Bloomberg, 108th Mayor of the New York City, 2001 - present
  • Public Agency Award: MTA New York City Transit, Lexington Ave. Line Smartcard Pilot
  • Public Servant Award: James Clifford Greller, Principal Planner, Hudson County Improvement Authority, NJ
  • Civic Leadership Award: Jon Orcutt, Director of Policy for the New York City Department of Transportation
  • Best Paper Competition Winner: José Holguín-Veras, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "An Investigation on the Effectiveness of Joint Receiver-Carrier Policies to Increase Truck Traffic in the Off-peak Hours"

  • WEBCAST OF RECENT EVENTS

    January 31, 2008: MOVING AMERICA FORWARD? A Presidential Candidates Forum on Transportation & Infrastructure

    Hosted by The NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management, and co-sponsored by the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York; the American Society of Civil Engineers; American Engineering Alliance; CUNY Institute for Urban Systems; the General Contractors Association; the League of American Bicyclists; the Municipal Art Society; the Regional Plan Association; Transportation Alternatives; the University Transportation Research Center, Region 2; and the Wagner Transportation student group.

    Click here to access a webcast of this event.

    November 13, 2007: THINKING BIGGER: New York and Transportation in the Northeast Megaregion

    On November 13, over 300 individuals from both the public and private sector attended "Thinking Bigger: New York and Transportation in the Northeast Megaregion." The event was hosted by the NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council. The event was co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the University Transportation Research Center – Region 2, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, along with the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, the Regional Plan Association, the University of Delaware’s Institute of Public Administration and the Wagner Transportation Association.

    1) Welcoming Remarks, Framing the Issues, and The Challenge [View Webcast]

    2) Panel 1: Key Trends [View Webcast]

    3) Panel 2: What is to be Done? & Closing Remarks [View Webcast]


    SUMMARY OF RECENT EVENTS

    November 13, 2007: THINKING BIGGER - New York and Transportation in the Northeast Megaregion


    Click Here for the Summary Report

    UPCOMING EVENT
    THE ANNUAL LEADERSHIP IN TRANSPORTATION AWARDS

    Tuesday, February 24, 2009
    6 pm - 8 pm

    NYU Rosenthal Pavilion, Kimmel Center

    60 Washington Square South
    40th floor
    New York, NY 10012

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