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Gov. Spitzer Transition Team Transpo Committee Named

It includes some leading members of the congestion charging brainstrust and some big MTA reformers. Via Chuck Bennett at AMNY:

By Aaron Naparstek

10:51 AM EST on November 20, 2006

It includes some leading members of the congestion charging brainstrust and some big MTA reformers. Via Chuck Bennett at AMNY:

Co-chairs

Elliot Sander, director of NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, VP at MTA contractor DMJM Harris and former city Dept. of Transporation commisioner. (Rumored to an MTA chairman candidate)
Mary Ann Crotty, former transportation advisor for Mario Cuomo.

Members

Janette Sadik-Kahn, VP at Parsons Brinckerhoff (Big MTA contractor leading the Partnership for NYC’s congestion pricing study)
Gene Russianoff, Straphangers Campaign (the MTA’s best critic)
Jon Orcutt, president of the Tri State Transportation Campaign (another tough MTA critic and big thinker on regional transport issues)
Ernest Tollerson, VP at Partnership for NYC (Working on the Partnership’s congestion pricing study)
Mitch Palley, MTA board member from Suffolk (often the lone dissenting voice with votig power on the board and big supporter of the third rail project for the LIRR)
Susan Kupferman, president MTA Bridges and Tunnels (Rumored candidate for MTA executive director)
Robert Yaro, president of Regional Plan Association

Other Members

James Conigliaro, Machinists
Sam Williams, UAW 9A
Garry Labarbera, president Teamsters Local 282
Jack Aherne, International Union of Operating Engineers
Chris Ward, managing director of the General Contractors Association (Ports, shipping and environment expert)
Sonia Toledo, managing director Merrill Lynch
Jamie Mercado, partner at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett
Edward Malloy, president of Buildings and Construction Trades Council
Eva Lerner Lamb, presidents of Palisades Consulting
Doreen Frasca, president of Frasca & Associates
John Egan, president of Renaissance Corp.
Binta Brown, Associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Samara Barend, director of STV Inc. (Engineering firm that did the Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel study)

Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.

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