Panel: What’s Driving Congestion Pricing? A Discussion with the Experts
Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century, in conjunction with NYU's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, present a discussion about an issue affecting all New Yorkers.
8:59 PM EDT on June 7, 2007
Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century, in conjunction with NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, present a discussion about an issue affecting all New Yorkers.
The panel will include:
- Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO, Partnership for New York City
- John Liu, City Councilman (D-Queens) and Chairman, City Council Transportation Committee
- Walter McCaffrey, former City Councilman (D-Queens) and Chief Spokesman, Committee to Keep NYC Congestion Tax-Free
- Bruce Schaller, Deputy Commissioner for Planning and Sustainability, New York City Department of Transportation
Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.
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