Recent Events

Short Talks, Big Ideas: Transportation Innovations
Presented by the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management

What's new in transportation? Join the NYU Rudin Center for this high-energy series of short talks about how we're using, improving and thinking about the future of transportation. Several speakers will make short presentations about new projects and concepts, followed by networking and refreshments. Confirmed speakers include:
- Stephanie Camay, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Public involvement in transportation projects
- Guillaume Charny-Brunet, FaberNovel, 6 Billion Rides
- Jeff Ferzoco, Owner, Jeff Ferzoco Design and Senior Fellow, RPA, Mapping innovation
- Bob Leonard, EarthGarage, Sustainable personal vehicles
- Alexis Perrotta, Columbia University, Can social fares improve NYCT?
- Anthony Townsend, NYU Wagner, Bike census
- Chris Whong, NYU Wagner, Baltimore Circulatorbuddy
- Adam Zaranko, NYC Economic Development Corporation, East River Ferry Service
Moderated by Sarah Kaufman, NYU Rudin Center

Register below, and join the discussion on Twitter at #BigIdeas13

This event is co-sponsored by the University Transportation Research Center

Local Innovations in Bus Rapid Transit: A Panel Discussion
Presented by the Wagner Transportation Association (WTA) and the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management

This panel will focus on innovative bus planning in the New York Metro area, and the unique challenges it presents to both policy makers and citizens. This topic is particularly timely given the recent progress being made in the installation of bus lanes and Select Bus Service in the five boroughs. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) also has a place in the upcoming mayoral race, as most major candidates have publicly expressed their views on it.

Speakers include:
Eric Beaton, Transit Development Group Director, New York City Department of Transportation
Ted Orosz, Long Range Bus Planning Director, Metropolitan Transit Authority
Tom Marchwinski, Senior Director of Research & Forecasting at New Jersey Transit

Short Talks, Big Ideas: Innovations in Transportation
Presented by the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management

What's new in transportation? Join the NYU Rudin Center for a fun, high-energy series of short talks about how we're using, improving and thinking about the future of transportation. Several speakers will make short presentations about new projects and concepts, followed by networking and refreshments. Confirmed speakers include:

- Jesse Friedman, Google : The stigma of bus ridership
- Matt Healy, Foursquare: Moving around NYC
- Susi Wunsch, Velojoy: Women and bicycling
- Raz Schwartz, Rutgers: Social media and neighborhood connectivity
- Jamyn Edis and Brian Langel, Dash: App demo
- David Mahfouda, Weeels: Transportation is Media
- Taylor Reiss, NYC Dept. of Transportation, Select Bus Service

Social Media and Hurricane Sandy
Presented by the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management and the University Transportation Research Center

From the front lines of Hurricane Sandy, New York’s transportation providers delivered information, images and video nonstop. Both official and informal information services emerged on social media networks to convey clearly the extent of infrastructure damage, and how New Yorkers could expect to get around. Join the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation to hear these social media leaders’ stories and lessons learned. Panelists will include:
• Aaron Donovan, MTA
• JP Chan, MTA
• Robin Lester Kenton, NYC DOT
• Ben Kabak, Second Ave Sagas
• Tyson Evans, The New York Times

The Wisdom of Transportation Crowds
Presented by the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management

When transportation users see a gap in the services provided by the public and private sectors, they fill it. Join the NYU Rudin Center for a panel discussion about crowdsourcing, community organizing and technology to improve mobility in the New York region from the ground up. Panelists will include:

- John Raskin, Riders Alliance
- Robin Lester Kenton, NYC DOT: Bike Share
- Jeff Maki, OpenPlans: Trip Planner Kickstarter for iOS6
- Sarah Kaufman, NYU Rudin Center (moderator)

This event is co-sponsored by the University Transportation Research Center

Short Talks, Big Ideas: Innovations in Transportation
Presented by the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management

Due to Hurricane Sandy, we are rescheduling this event for a later date in November or December. As soon as we have rescheduled the event we will notify you of the new date. We look forward to seeing you at what is sure to be a great discussion (with fresh insight!) about the future of mobility.

What's new in transportation? Join the NYU Rudin Center for a fun, high-energy series of short talks about how we're using, improving and thinking about the future of transportation. Several speakers will make short presentations about new projects and concepts, followed by networking and refreshments. Confirmed speakers include:

- Jesse Friedman, Google : The stigma of bus ridership
- Guillaume Charny-Brunet, FaberNovel: 1.6 billion rides
- Matt Healy, Foursquare: Moving around NYC
- Susi Wunsch, Velojoy: Women and bicycling
- Raz Schwartz, Rutgers: Social media and neighborhood connectivity
- Jamyn Edis and Brian Langel, Dash: App demo
- Projjal Dutta, MTA: Taking the Car out of Carbon
- David Mahfouda, Weeels: Transportation is Media
- Aaron Sugiura, NYC DOT, Select Bus Service

This event is co-sponsored by the University Transportation Research Center