From replacing 100+ year old bridges to stepping up creation of an electric vehicle network, New York is fast-tracking its billion-dollar capital program that prioritizes reconnecting communities, rebuilding crucial links and improving sustainability and resilience. As New York embarks on an array of major transportation infrastructure projects, innovation in the industry offers the prospect of cutting costs, minimizing delays and improving outcomes. How are the biggest projects that are underway or in the works utilizing new processes, materials, methods and tools?

As New York embarks on an array of major transportation infrastructure projects, innovation in the industry offers the prospect of cutting costs, minimizing delays and improving outcomes. How are the biggest projects that are underway or in the works utilizing new processes, materials, methods and tools? What has the redevelopment of New York's airport's, transportation hubs, and similar projects done for its communities and NY as a whole? What are the projects we should be aware of right  now and what are the plans to bring our systems into the future? We discuss best practices to promote and support innovative ways of hiring, planning, designing, building while maintaining New York's current infrastructure.  This includes the role of technology, public private partnerships, MWBEs, and environmentally conscious planning on New York's most important projects and initiatives.

Key leaders from aviation, roads, ports and the railway sector will address broad strategies for transportation infrastructure. The panel will explore the opportunities and obstacles impacting how transportation and economic development authorities execute a multimodal approach to infrastructure investment. Additionally, they’ll outline ongoing projects and prospective ventures shaping the future landscape of transportation infrastructure.

An effective transportation system is key to New York's economic viability and quality of life. It is essential to utilize existing capacities of New York's transportation infrastructure network to the greatest extent possible while looking at what comes next.  How are the projects that are underway or in the works utilizing new technology, materials, safety methods and tools? What are the best ways to help promote and support innovative ways of planning, designing, building and maintaining New York's transportation infrastructure to move us forward? What is the role of policing by way of new technology like the gun-detecting scanners, and what is on the horizon in terms of modernizing technology which connects us, and helps future generations?

Throughout New York, different types of alternative transportation have emerged helping commuters connect more easily. Bike and ride sharing, e-bikes and scooters are now a way of life for New Yorkers, both for commuting and for recreation. In urban areas, different types of alternative transportation have helped residents commute and connect more easily. Transit systems are making more stations accessible and upgrading antiquated features. Congestion pricing is still on the table and is proposed to reduce traffic, improve air quality and provide more resources to invest in projects. From replacing old infrastructure, adding new  policies, revving up our electric vehicle network, New York prioritizes reconnecting communities, rehabilitating crucial links and improving sustainability and resilience. What is in NY’s future to build, expand and upgrade airports, bike lanes, bistate rail lines, waterways, bridges, highways and roads?  What are the new technologies that are impacting how we travel safely and efficiently?