Entrepreneurs from eight innovative technology companies will discuss their high-tech solutions to challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic for NYC-area transit agencies in a virtual Zoom showcase being hosted by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The companies were selected from a pool of about 200 applicants by the Transit Innovation Partnership, a public-private partnership dedicated to connecting public transit agencies with private-sector expertise, and officials from the MTA, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT and the NYC Dept. of Education Office of Pupil Transportation.

WHEN:

TODAY, Oct. 27 at 10:00 a.m. EDT

WHERE:

Livestream feed will be available at: https://youtu.be/wLParyYdHgw

Reporters who wish to register for the opportunity to ask questions at this news conference must email Aaron Donovan at adonovan@mtahq.org by 9:55 a.m. EDT in order to receive a unique Zoom conference link.

In order to have the opportunity to ask questions at the news conference, your Zoom screen name must be your actual full name.

WHO:

• Mark Dowd, MTA Chief Innovation Officer
• Rachel Haot, Transit Tech Lab Executive Director
• Rob Galvin, Port Authority of NY & NJ Chief Technology Officer
• Lookman Fazal, NJ Transit Chief Information Officer
• Sean Fitzpatrick, NYC Department of Education (DOE) Senior Executive Pupil Transportation
• Representatives from the winning companies
• Beyond (Brooklyn, NY)
• CASPR (Dallas, TX)
• CitySwift (Gaillimh, Ireland)
• Kinnos (New York, NY)
• Knorr Merak (Munich, Germany)
• Piper (San Diego, California)
• Strongarm (New York, NY)
• Vyv (Troy, New York)

CONTACT: MTA Press Office, (212) 878-7440