Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Elliot “Lee” Sander

Bloomberg: NYC is Poorer Today Thanks to Albany Inaction

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2007 | 15 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg had harsh words for New York State’s Democratic leadership at today’s press conference in Brooklyn. Here is an abbreviated transcript of some of the question-and-answer period with the press: Is congestion pricing dead? I don’t know that it’s dead or alive. I think what is clear is that we have not submitted a […]

Pricing is Alive. JFK Rail Link and SMART Fund May be Dead.

By Aaron Naparstek | May 21, 2007 | 14 Comments

Annie Karni reports in today’s New York Sun that the outlines of a congestion pricing bill may be hammered out in Albany before Memorial Day, though not exactly as Mayor Bloomberg initially proposed. Karni writes that MTA executive director Lee Sander would prefer to see the $3.75 billion earmarked for a direct rail link from […]

Biofuels, Bus Lanes and Beer

By Brad Aaron | May 9, 2007 | 7 Comments

Beer good, ethanol bad Pledging support for alternate fuel sources may make for feel-good politicking, but "simply" developing a substitute for gasoline could do more harm than good. Instead, a panel of experts said last week, Americans must seriously address their addiction to fossil fuels, along with the built environment that enables it. Moderated by […]

Sander Picked for MTA Director

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 15, 2006 | 8 Comments

As expected, word came out of Governor-Elect Eliot Spitzer’s headquarters this morning that he will recommend the appointment of Elliot "Lee" Sander as executive director and CEO of the MTA. Sander is currently corporate senior vice president at DMJM Harris, a leading transportation engineering firm and director of the Rudin Center for Transporation Policy at […]

Gov. Spitzer Transition Team Transpo Committee Named

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 20, 2006 | No Comments

It includes some leading members of the congestion charging brainstrust and some big MTA reformers. Via Chuck Bennett at AMNY: Co-chairs Elliot Sander, director of NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, VP at MTA contractor DMJM Harris and former city Dept. of Transporation commisioner. (Rumored to an MTA chairman candidate) Mary Ann Crotty, former transportation advisor for […]

Rumor Mill: The MTA’s Next Chairman

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 27, 2006 | 2 Comments

Last night the Tri-State Transportation Campaign honored Elliot "Lee" Sander, at its annual gala. Sander was Commissioner of New York City’s Department of Transportation for two years during the Giuliani administration, he is a vice president at DMJM Harris, co-chairman of the Empire State Transportation Alliance, and Director of the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy […]