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Protecting Tri-State Transportation

Wednesday

Aug 5, 2020

2-3:30pm

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At a time when the region faces a deep recession and the future viability of our transportation systems is at risk, the agencies that keep people moving need support from the federal government. Our panelists support critical infrastructure that allows the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan region to function and prosper. Our diverse economy and global competitiveness depend on the largest and most talented workforce in the world.

Hear from leaders from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey Transit, New Jersey Department of Transportation, Connecticut Department of Transportation, and New York City Department of Transportation on what they need to keep the region and nation moving forward.

Related Report: Essential Service

This report calls on the federal government to provide more direct funding to our region’s transit agencies, and demonstrates that failure to do so would severely undercut our region’s recovery.

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Related Lab Post: New York's Return to Work

As the economy reopens, how will people get in and out of the Manhattan Central Business District? We modeled and compared two plausible scenarios for the next six-to-nine months.

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Speakers

  • Clarelle Degraffe

    Clarelle DeGraffe

    Director of PATH at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

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  • Joe Giulietti

    Joe Giulietti

    Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Transportation

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    Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti

    Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Transportation and Board Chair, NJ Transit

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    Janno Lieber

    President, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Construction & Development

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    Polly Trottenberg

    Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation

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  • Michael Sweeney

    Mike Sweeney

    Executive Vice President/Eastern US President, HNTB

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