Siddharth Shah is a student in the Masters of Urban Planning at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. As part of the 9/11 Memorial Scholarship program, he will intern at the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) in their Research, Safety and Implementation team. At NYCDOT, his work will involve updating the Vision Zero Pedestrian Safety Borough Plans, first published in 2015, by analyzing the progress on the previous commitments and the impacts on pedestrian safety in Vision Zero priority locations.

Shirin Najafabadi is a PhD student in Transportation Engineering at the City College of New York. Her 9/11 program internship is with NYMTC and she will work closely with NYMTC Planning Group to work on “Vertical Integration of Land Use and Transportation Planning” project. NYMTC’s members introduced the idea of Coordinated Development Emphasis Areas (CDEAs) in Plan 2045, the recently adopted Regional Transportation Plan.