Andrew Lynn

Director of Planning and Regional Development, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

“Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: Trans-Hudson Network Trends and Challenges"

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

6PM

301 Crosby Hall

The talk will provide a brief overview of the Port Authority, its structure and its facilities.  There will be a particular focus on the challenges facing the Trans-Hudson network connecting New Jersey and Manhattan, including planning for a new bus terminal, investment in major bridges, Moynihan Station, the Gateway tunnel project and the PATH transit system.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is one of the largest employers of architects and planners in New York State, with an annual budget of $7.8 billion.

Andrew S. Lynn is the Director of the Planning and Regional Development Department at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, where he has worked since 2009.  He is leading the Port Authority’s bus master planning effort and the design and construction of Moynihan Station.  His prior professional experience is as follows: 

  • Vice President for Planning and Development at Madison Square Garden, where he was responsible for efforts to replace and renovate the Garden.
  • Executive Director, New York City Department of City Planning.
  • Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Sanitation.
  • Land Use Counsel to the New York City Council 
  • Counsel to the New York City Charter Revision Commission.
  • Associate at the law firm of Webster & Sheffield.

He holds degrees from Harvard Law School and Harvard College.