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Janette Sadik-Khan is the current Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation
New York City Department of Transportation

The New York City Department of Transportation is responsible for the management of much of New York City's transportation infrastructure. Janette Sadik-Khan is the current Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, and was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on April 27, 2007....
, appointed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg

Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an United States businessman and philanthropist, and the current Mayor of New York City. He was listed as the eighth-richest American, with a net worth of US$30 Billion, in the Forbes 400 on Sept....
 on April 27, 2007, to replace Iris Weinshall
Iris Weinshall

Iris Weinshall is a vice chancellor at the City University of New York and a former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation....
. Previously she worked at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Parsons Brinckerhoff

Parsons Brinckerhoff is a planning, engineering, program and construction management organization. The company has been involved in planning and designing some of the world's largest public works projects, such as Boston's Big Dig , Britain's rail system Network Rail; the Sabiya power plant in Kuwait, Cairo's Metro and the Deep Tunnel Sewera...
 as a Senior Vice President.

Sadik-Khan has been a key player in Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg

Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an United States businessman and philanthropist, and the current Mayor of New York City. He was listed as the eighth-richest American, with a net worth of US$30 Billion, in the Forbes 400 on Sept....
's efforts to transform New York into a green city under PlaNYC
PlaNYC

PlaNYC is a design for the sustainability of New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg?s outline for his vision for the city over the next twenty-five years....
. One aspect of this plan is to reduce the city's carbon footprint by 30% by the year 2030 while making large improvements in the livability and quality of life of the city.






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Janette Sadik-Khan is the current Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation
New York City Department of Transportation

The New York City Department of Transportation is responsible for the management of much of New York City's transportation infrastructure. Janette Sadik-Khan is the current Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, and was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on April 27, 2007....
, appointed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg

Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an United States businessman and philanthropist, and the current Mayor of New York City. He was listed as the eighth-richest American, with a net worth of US$30 Billion, in the Forbes 400 on Sept....
 on April 27, 2007, to replace Iris Weinshall
Iris Weinshall

Iris Weinshall is a vice chancellor at the City University of New York and a former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation....
. Previously she worked at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Parsons Brinckerhoff

Parsons Brinckerhoff is a planning, engineering, program and construction management organization. The company has been involved in planning and designing some of the world's largest public works projects, such as Boston's Big Dig , Britain's rail system Network Rail; the Sabiya power plant in Kuwait, Cairo's Metro and the Deep Tunnel Sewera...
 as a Senior Vice President.

Sadik-Khan has been a key player in Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg

Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an United States businessman and philanthropist, and the current Mayor of New York City. He was listed as the eighth-richest American, with a net worth of US$30 Billion, in the Forbes 400 on Sept....
's efforts to transform New York into a green city under PlaNYC
PlaNYC

PlaNYC is a design for the sustainability of New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg?s outline for his vision for the city over the next twenty-five years....
. One aspect of this plan is to reduce the city's carbon footprint by 30% by the year 2030 while making large improvements in the livability and quality of life of the city. These efforts include protected bike lanes or segregated cycle facilities
Segregated cycle facilities

Segregated cycle facilities are roads, tracks, paths or marked lanes designated for use by cyclists from which motorised traffic is generally excluded....
 in which parked cars serve as a barrier against moving traffic; improved bus lane
Bus lane

A bus lane or bus only lane is a lane restricted to buses, and generally used to speed up public transport otherwise held up by traffic congestion....
s, in which busses are given priority when they reach a stop light; and pedestrian plazas, in which portions of streets are transformed into greenspace
Greenspace

Greenspace or green space may refer to:* Greenspace or open space reserve, a land use planning and conservation term used to describe protected areas of undeveloped landscape....
s free of cars. While incomplete, these efforts have led to large increases in cycling in New York City
Cycling in New York City

With its dense urban proximities, short distances and relatively flat terrain, New York City offers an ideal cycling environment, along with significant cycling challenges — including congested roadways with stop and go traffic, a sometimes unsympathetic regulatory environment, and streets with heavy pedestrian activity....
 as a primary mode of transit, have increased ridership on subways and busses, and have reduced morbidity and mortality amongst bicyclists and pedestrians. The air quality in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, while still one of the worst in the nation, is also showing year-on-year improvements.

Sadik-Khan received a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin language Artium Baccalaureus, is an Undergraduate education bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
 from Occidental College
Occidental College

Occidental College is a small, Private university, Mixed-sex education Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Los Angeles, California....
 (with a major in Political Science), and was awarded a law degree from Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School, located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League. David Schizer is the dean....
. She is an ethnic Tatar.

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