NYU Wagner

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.

• FALL SYMPOSIUM - MAKING THE CONNECTION: Transit Oriented Development - A Blueprint for Success
  [A summary and a webcast of the Symposium are available here.]

• SPRING SYMPOSIUM - CLOSING THE GAP:Financing the Region's Transportation Needs
  [A summary and a webcast of the symposium are available here.]

• FINANCING TRANSPORTATION:A National Imperative
  May 1, 2008
  [The presentation slides are available here.]

• PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: National and International Experience, Local Possibilities, March 25, 2008
  [The presentation slides are available here.]

• Visiting Scholar Lecture and Book Signing - Anthony Perl, Ph.D., "Transportation Revolution: Moving People and Freight without Oil, February 26, 2008

• MOVING AMERICA FORWARD? A Presidential Candidates Forum on Transportation & Infrastructure, January 31, 2008
  [A webcast of the forum is available here.]

• Public Leader Award: Susan Kupferman, President of MTA Bridges and Tunnels
  
• Civic Leadership Award: Joan Byron, Director of the Sustainability and Environmental Justice Initiative of the Pratt Center for Community Development
• Public Servant Award: Raymond Sandiford, Chief Geotechnical Engineer of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert Paaswell, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering (CCNY), Director of the University Transportation Research Center, Region II, and Director of the City University Institute for Urban Systems
• Public Agency Award: MTA NYC Transit and NYCDOT: Select Bus Service - Bus Rapid Transit
• Best Paper Competition Winner: Xuegang Ban, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "Bottleneck Identification and Calibration for Corridor Management Planning"