Car Free Day - Steps & Strides Towards A Sustainable Future

Event date and time
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Speaker(s)
Various
Sponsor(s)
University Transportation Research Center (UTRC)
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
New York University
The City College of New York
Description


 
 
Steps & Strides Towards
 
A Sustainable Future


 
 
This Earth Day (April 22nd), New York City is having its third Car Free Day. UTRC is hosting an academic forum to highlight the different ways the city can use its streets. Please join us for this forum in support of Car Free Day! 
#CarFreeNYC
Monday April 16, 2018 
8:30 AM - NOON
NYIT 11th Floor Auditoirum
16 W 61st St (Broadway)
New York, NY 10023
PROGRAM
8:30 am - 9:00 am 
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 am 
Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Camille Kamga, 

Director UTRC/Professor CCNY/CUNY



Opening Keynote Speech: Ydanis Rodriguez

NYC Council Transportation Committee Chair
9:30 - 10:30 am 
Panel 1:  Policy Frameworks for Car Free Cities

 
Moderator - Matthew W. Daus, Esq., 
Distinguished Lecturer, UTRC/CCNY/CUNY,


Michael Replogle, NYC Department of Transportation, Deputy Commissioner for Policy
Adriana Espinoza, NY League of Conservation Voters, 

Andrew Bata, UITP - International Association of Public Transport, North America Regional Manager 

Michael Kodransky, Institute for Transportation & Policy Development
10:30 - 11:30 am
Panel 2: Car Free Data Workshop - Evidence Based Planning

Moderator - 
Dr. Richard Wener, Professor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering 
 
John Katircioglu - Cubic
Jennifer Gardner - The Gehl Institute
11:30 - Noon
Closing Remarks - Dr. Nada Anid, 

Dean, School of Engineering & Computing 

Sciences, New York Institute of Technology


 
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