Rudin Center at NYU Hosts 6th Annual Tri-State Transit Symposium, October 18, 2005

Symposium on Transit Security and Finance.

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 4, 2005 -- The Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management at New York University (NYU), Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, will hold the 6th Annual Tri-State Transit Symposium on Tuesday, October 18, 2005. The focus of the symposium will be “National and Regional Transit Security and the Financial Future of Transit in the Region.”

The Keynote Speaker will be Peter Kalikow, Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Other speakers and panelists will include:

*   Eva Lerner-Lam, President, Palisades Consulting Group, Inc.
*   David Gaier, journalist on terrorism Issues, and Chair, Roving Transit Security Guidelines Subcommittee, Transportation and Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers
*   Elliot Sander, Director, NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management
*   Janette Sadik-Khan, Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.
*   Christopher Boylan, Deputy Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
*   Catherine Nolan, Assemblywoman, 37th Assembly District, NY State Assembly
*   Ron Libengood, CEO, SecuraComm
   
To register, please return registration form (see registration brochure) with payment to: The 6th Annual Tri-State Symposium – NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management, 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10012, fax: (212) 995-4611. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis, and must be received by Tuesday, October 11, 2005.

For further information, email mnn2@nyu.edu, visit http://wagner.nyu.edu/news/271.html
or call (212) 998-7545.

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