For-Hire Vehicles and Passengers with Disabilities

Sponsored by C2SMART Transportation Research Center and the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation

September
17
9:30am - 11:00am EDT
Public
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Date:
September 17, 2019
Time:
9:30am - 11:00am
Location:
Kimmel Center for University Life, 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012

Are the 120,000 for-hire vehicles on New York City streets serving the nearly one million New Yorkers with disabilities? NYU’s Rudin Center for Transportation will convene a forum on the needs of passengers with disabilities, what the companies can offer, and how the city might legislate.

This event will include:

  • Welcome:  Sarah Kaufman, Associate Director, Rudin Center for Transportation, NYU

  • Opening Remarks: Jelena Kovačević, Dean, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering.

  • Panel discussion:

    • Meera Joshi, NYU Rudin Center Visiting Scholar and Former Chair, NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission

    • Rachel D. Pardoe, Program Officer, Healthy Lives: Older Adults, People with Disabilities, and Animal Welfare, The New York Community Trust

    • Chris Pangilinan, Head of Global Policy, Public Transportation, Uber

    • Rebecca C. Serbin, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates

    • Moderator: Sarah Kaufman, Associate Director, NYU Rudin Center

  • Audience Q&A

This event will provide 1 CM credit for AICP-certified Planners

This event is sponsored by C2SMART Transportation Research Center and the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation

NYU Wagner provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for accommodations for events and services should be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the accommodation need. Please email ksl5@nyu.edu or call 212.998.7400 for assistance.
NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management