NYMTC Virtual Brown Bag Discussion:
September 11 Memorial Program Student Presentations
The September 11th Memorial Program for Regional Transportation Planning honors three NYMTC staff members who perished in the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001: Ignatius Adanga, Charles Lesperance, and See Wong Shum. The Program provides assistance to students and organizations for projects in both academic and public policy arenas as a way to educate and motivate those who are interested in transportation technology and planning.
Virtual presentations will be offered on Wednesday, September 15 at 12:00 p.m. by four exceptional students who served as NYMTC’s 2020-2021 September 11th Memorial Scholars:
David Anton is a second-year student in the Master of Public Administration program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). For his September 11th Memorial Program research, David is working with NYMTC staff and studying the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on NYMTC’s socioeconomic and demographic forecasts and travel demand models. The project is focused on assessing how the increase in telework due to the pandemic impacts the location of job opportunities across the New York metropolitan area and commuting patterns over time.
Carla Tejada is a Ph.D. student in Transportation Engineering at the City College of New York (CCNY). Carla’s September 11th Memorial Program internship is with The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) in the Pedestrian Unit. Carla’s work focuses on developing a Pedestrian Network Flow Model that will allow NYCDOT to identify pedestrian generators, dense walking areas, and walking trip flows within NYC. This model will provide information to the New York City Comprehensive Pedestrian Map that will help create more rationality in the decision-making process within NYC streets.
Seth Kerr is pursuing a Master of Urban Planning degree at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. Working with NYMTC staff, Seth’s September 11th Memorial Program research focuses on ways to improve NYMTC’s long-range infrastructure needs assessment and financial forecasting processes. Seth has had the opportunity to undertake benchmarking research involving regional councils and state DOTs across the country for best practices. Seth is also helping NYMTC staff develop internal procedural checklists for long-range financial forecasting.
Niloufar Nouri is pursuing her Ph.D. in the civil engineering program at CCNY. Niloufar’s September 11th Memorial Program research working with NYMTC staff focuses on evaluating new methods of collecting travel data and identifying how such methods can complement traditional travel surveys. She is identifying potential alternative travel data sources such as cellular data and Location Based Services (LBS). Niloufar is analyzing the methodology, statistical properties, strengths, and limitations of these travel data sources.
Please see below for webinar details:
Webinar Link: https://bit.ly/3ho6gPY
Meeting ID: 161 731 5632
Password: NYMTC123
Phone #: 518-549-0500