June 28, 2021 - July 5, 2021
City & State New York
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THE 2021 TRANSPORTATION POWER 100 The movers and shakers who are moving New Yorkers.
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I N C E T A K I N G O F F I C E , President Joe Biden has put two major New York transportation projects – the Gateway Tunnel and Manhattan’s congestion pricing program – back on track. The president is also pushing for billions of dollars in new infrastructure investment, and whether he succeeds will depend on New York’s own Chuck Schumer, the U.S. Senate majority leader who’s navigating a path forward with the narrowest of majorities. Plenty of pending projects in New York could be jump-started with an influx of federal funds, though Gov. Andrew Cuomo has already spent the past decade building and rebuilding transportation infrastructure. This
includes the Moynihan Train Hall and the Second Avenue subway, the Kosciuszko and the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridges as well as the terminal overhauls and an AirTrain for LaGuardia Airport – which Biden can no longer compare to a “Third World country.” Of course, these three politicians aren’t single-handedly shaping New York’s ever-evolving transportation network. City & State’s first Transportation Power 100 identifies the top public officials, policymakers, business executives, contractors, union chiefs, academics, experts, advocates, activists and others who are updating and expanding the state’s transportation infrastructure – and revisioning how New Yorkers get around.
