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Panel: NYMTC Meeting on New York Transportation

"Let's face it, the New York area is unique. It's one of a handful of communities in the United States that must carefully consider the importance of all modes in transportation planning and programming. Roads, bridges, transit, passenger and freight rail, passenger and freight air service and freight/goods movement are interrelated and equally critical to the success of our national transportation system. New York is a prime example of a place where all of the modes play an important role in maintaining and enhancing the region's economy, quality of life and environment. It's a microcosm of the national challenges and opportunities for transportation."- Excerpts of an interview with Cameron Moore, Executive Director, National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)

By Aaron Donovan

7:56 PM EDT on September 20, 2007

“Let’s face it, the New York area is unique. It’s one of a handful of communities in the United States that must carefully consider the importance of all modes in transportation planning and programming. Roads, bridges, transit, passenger and freight rail, passenger and freight air service and freight/goods movement are interrelated and equally critical to the success of our national transportation system. New York is a prime example of a place where all of the modes play an important role in maintaining and enhancing the region’s economy, quality of life and environment. It’s a microcosm of the national challenges and opportunities for transportation.”
– Excerpts of an interview with Cameron Moore, Executive Director, National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)

Join NYMTC for a free Special Council Meeting and further discussion about what issues affect New Yorkers the most for the reauthorization of the federal transportation act. This candid discussion will feature:

Co-Moderator: Astrid C. Glynn, Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation and NYMTC co-chair
Co-Moderator: Andrew J. Spano, Westchester County Executive and NYMTC co-chair
Cameron Moore, National Association of Regional Councils
Lillian Borrone, ENO Transportation Foundation
Anne Canby, The Surface Transportation Policy Partnership
William M. Millar, American Public Transportation Association

In addition,Council Members will take action on the $35 billion Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Air Quality Conformity Determination.

Aaron Donovan

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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