Safer streets for seniors, new bike lanes and pedestrian paths, the Downtown Brooklyn Blueprint, congestion pricing, neighborhood parking, and alternative fuels are just some of the initiatives underway at the NYC Department of Transportation. Jon Orcutt, Senior Policy Advisor at the NYC Department of Transportaton, will discuss the DOT’s latest plans and join a discussion with Samuel I. Schwartz, President and CEO, Sam Schwartz Engineering PLLC; Paul Steely White, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives; and Robert Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association; moderated by Roberta Gratz, award-winning journalist and author of Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown (Wiley, 2000).