Explore the Transit Museum before my discussion with Sarah Kaufman next Wednesday. (Photo via the New York City Transit Museum)
I have some exciting news for you subway buffs and transit policy wonks out there. I’ll be hosting a Q-and-A series at the Transit Museum this year, and the first event kicks off the series on Wednesday, February 1 at 6:30 p.m. Save the date.
The series is entitled “Problem Solvers,” and it will take an intimate look at the people who are working behind the scenes to change the face of our transit system as the subway approaches its 110th birthday. My first guest will be Sarah Kaufman, currently with NYU Wagner’s Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management and formerly the MTA’s open-data guru.
While with the MTA, Kaufman created a conference and online exchange between the MTA and software developers and assisted in developing the agency’s social media program. She specializes in the use of cutting-edge technologies in transportation, particularly mass transit, and the opportunities for community involvement in transportation management through interactive technologies.
Sarah and I will talk for a bit about her work and the problems she’s trying to solve before we open the floor to audience questions. The program kicks off at 6:30 p.m., and doors to the museum will open at 6. Guests are invited to walk through the museum and to explore the collection of old trains at the former Court St. station. Light refreshments will be available as well. I’ll host another session on April 25th with another member of the transit community.
More details after the jump. Hopefully, I’ll see you there.
What: Free; Problem Solvers discussion series debut
Who: Host Ben Kabakwith guest Sarah Kaufman
When: Wednesday, February 1, 6:30 pm (doors open at 6 pm)
Where: New York Transit Museum, inside the subway station on the corner of Boerum Place & Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn Heights.
7 comments
In the calendar – providing I get out of work on time!
Does anyone know if the countdown clocks are in the next capital plan for the B division trains? Or are those 10- 20 years away as well?
I need to do some research into that. There’s an item in today’s committee materials about that contract. Stay tuned for an update soon.
Ben- Will you do a full update on your page abt possible clocks on the B Division or only in this thread?
If you mean an expansion of what’s been rolled out on a few B Division lines, that might be expanding – I don’t know.
If you mean something like what the A Division has, that’s contingent on ATS, which doesn’t exist in the B Division. Given the price tag for ATS-A, I wouldn’t expect ATS-B any time soon.
As with the #7, I’d guess the MTA won’t do formal countdown clocks on the lettered lines until it starts CBTC and the like…
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