Lysa Scully, LaGuardia Airport General Manager, Speaks at the NYU Rudin Center Lysa Scully, the General Manager of LaGuardia Airport, spoke at the NYU Rudin Center on June 14th as part of the Center’s Women Leaders in Transportation series. Ms. Scully, a 33-year employee of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is…
Urban Connector Year 3: Field Tests Background Over the past three years, researchers at UTEP and NYU have collaborated on the development of a smartphone application, Urban Connector, which is designed to cater to the urban mobility needs and preferences of seniors in El Paso. A prototype of the application was developed and a follow-up…
Assel Dmitriyeva LinkedIn Assel Dmitriyeva is a graduate student in Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU; she strives for interdisciplinary collaboration. She is a young researcher in transportation modeling and human-computer interaction. Assel received a bachelor’s degree in Mathematical and Computer Modeling from Kazakh-British Technical University. For a year she was a lead student researcher for one…
Deliverables The main deliverable for this project was a smartphone navigation app that addresses the specific mobility needs and priorities of seniors, improving their ability to travel around their cities. After the prototype was developed, the researchers recruited seniors to test the app for a few weeks, and then gathered their feedback. In order to…
• C2SMART researchers at NYU are currently engaged in research on transportation choices made by women and how they differ from men (ask Sarah for more?)
S.E.A.T.Solutions for Equitable, Accessible Transportation Despite the growing variety of transportation options available in cities, many residents find themselves limited in their choices due to physical accessibility limitations, safety concerns, or other impediments to safe and efficient travel, restricting their ability to move freely about their cities. Transportation accessibility remains a problem for certain groups…
Sarah Kaufman Associate Director of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Contact Sarah M. Kaufman is the Associate Director of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, where she researches, advocates for and educates about cutting-edge technologies in transportation. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Planning, teaching Intelligent Cities and Advanced Projects in Urban Planning. Ms.…
Civil Engineering Student Awarded WTS Leadership Scholarship Scholarship recipient Elsa Kong at a poster session for the 2017 summer undegraduate program. Elsa Kong, an undergraduate in the civil engineering department, is this year’s recipient of the Molitoris Leadership Scholarship for Undergraduates, awarded by the WTS Foundation. Elsa worked with C2SMART Deputy Director Joseph Chow as…
Overview The NYU Rudin Center for Transportation specializes in policy related to the future of urban mobility. In the Future of Mobility workshops, the NYU Rudin Center will convene subject matter experts and government leaders. During the workshop, speakers and participants will identify policy initiatives and needs for seamless, technology-enabled urban travel. The themes for…
C2SMART Year 2 Projects Awarded C2SMART has announced nine projects for its Year 2 research agenda. A request for proposals was put out in November 2017 and proposals were solicited from the member institutions. Each proposal underwent independent reviews from 2-3 external reviewers, and comments were used to modify and improve proposals. The following projects were…