Tuesday October 28th, 2014
Welcome
- Anders Brännström, Chair of the Board, Volvo Research and Educational Foundations
- Xavier de Sousa Briggs, VP, Ford Foundation
- Elliott Sclar, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development
Keynote Speaker
Cabinet Secretary Anthony Foxx, United States Department of Transportation with Q&A
Discussion with Pete Donohue, New York Daily News
Panelists:
- Bob Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association)
- Joan Byron, Director of Policy, Pratt Center for Community Development
- Jon Orcutt, Former Director of Policy at the NYC Dept. of Transportation
Second Panel: Foundations and the Access Agenda
A conversation with Don Chen, Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation
- Anders Brännström, Chair, Volvo Research and Educational Foundations
- Michael Meyers, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation
- Shin-pei Tsay, Director Research and Development, TransitCenter
Third Panel: Improving Access in Cites: Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Michael Replogle, Managing Director for Policy, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
- Linda Bailey, Executive Director, National Association of City Transportation Officials
- Michael Myers, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation
- Elliott Sclar, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development
- Geetam Tiwari, Coordinator, Transport Research and Injury Prevention Program
Discussants:
- Roger Behrens, Africa Center of Excellence in Public and Non-Motorized Transport
- Adie Tomer, Senior Research Associate, Brookings Institution
- George Makajuma, Transport Engineer, African Development Bank
Third Panel: Improving Access in Cites: Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Michael Replogle, Managing Director for Policy, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
- Linda Bailey, Executive Director, National Association of City Transportation Officials
- Michael Myers, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation
- Elliott Sclar, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development
- Geetam Tiwari, Coordinator, Transport Research and Injury Prevention Program
Discussants:
- Roger Behrens, Africa Center of Excellence in Public and Non-Motorized Transport
- Adie Tomer, Senior Research Associate, Brookings Institution
- George Makajuma, Transport Engineer, African Development Bank
Afternoon Keynote
Introduction
- Anthony Townsend, Senior Researcher Scientist, Rudin Center for Transportation, New York University
Keynote
- Gabe Klein, Chief Operating Officer, Bridj
Final Panel: Innovations and Insights from New York
Moderator: Diane Davis, Professor of Urbanism and Development, Harvard University
- Frank Hebbert, Open Plans
- John Raskin, Executive Director, Riders Alliance
- Michael Sorkin, Director, CUNY Urban Design Program
- Veronica Vanterpool, Executive Director, Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Discussants:
- Sarah Kaufman, Digital Manager, Rudin Center for Transportation
- Paul Steely White, Executive Director, Transportation Alternatives
Wednesday October 29th, 2014
First Panel: How to best design and implement better access in cities?
Moderator: Andres Pizzaro, Transport Consultant, Argentina
- Bob Cervero, Professor of City and Regional Planning, UC-Berkeley
- Juan Carlos Muñoz, Director, The Centre for Across Latitudes and Cultures Bus Rapid Transit
- Aimée Gauthier, Chief Program Officer, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
- Herrie Schalekamp, The African Centre of Excellence for Studies in Public and Non-motorised Transport
Discussants:
- David King, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Columbia University/CSUD
- Deborah Salon, Assistant Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
- Dorothy McCormick, The African Centre of Excellence for Studies in Public and Non-motorised Transport
- Andrea Rizvi, Center for Sustainable Urban Development
Second Panel: Why bother about urban freight?
Moderator: Laetitia Dablanc, Director of Research, French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks/METROFREIGHT
- Nomesh Bolia, Associate Professor, IIT Delhi/TRIPP
- Joe Dack, Transportation Logistics Manager, HDR
- Andrew Genn, Senior Vice President, NYC Economic Development Corporation
- Stacey Hodge, Director, Office of Freight Policy, NYC Department of Transportation
- Howard Mann, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
Discussants:
- Alison Conway, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, CCNY/Metrofreight
- Michael Browne, Professor of Transport and Logistics, University of Westminster/Gothenburg Urban Freight Platform
Third Panel: Reforming the governance institutions of urban transport and land-use: What Challenges and Opportunities?
Moderator: Tom Wright, Executive Director and President Elect, Regional Plan Association
- Rohit Aggarawala, Principal, Sustainability, Bloomberg Associates
- Harry Dimitriou, Director, OMEGA Centre
- Genevieve Giuliano, Professor, University of Southern California/METROFREIGHT
- Jiang Yulin, The China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Center
Discussants:
- Heather Allen, Programme Director, Transport Research Laboratory
- Joshua Schank, President and CEO, Eno Center for Transportation)
- Jon Orcutt, former Policy Director, NYC Department of Transportation
Final Panel: Who leads change in transforming urban mobility and how can such leadership be supported
Moderator: Margaret Newman, Executive Director, Municipal Art Society
- Madeliane Janis, Director, Jobs to Move America/Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
- Brad Lander, NYC Council Member 39th District-Brooklyn
- Marc Norman, Director, Upstate: A Center for Design, Research, and Real Estate
- Felipe Targa, Former Transport Minister Colombia/University of the Andes/World Bank
Discussants:
- Karl Peet, Sustainable Transport Research Coordinator, SloCAT
- Susan Zleinski, Managing Director, SMART, University of Michigan
- Elliot “Lee” G. Sander, President and CEO, HAKS Group