Philip Plotch

Philip Mark Plotch is an author, professor, and transportation planner. He is best known for leading efforts to rebuild the World Trade Center and his research on the politics and planning behind transportation megaprojects.

Career

Author and academic

Philip Mark Plotch is an associate professor of political science and the director of the master of public administration program at Saint Peter's University.[1] He previously taught as an adjunct in the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College.[2]

He is the author of the book, Last Subway: The Long Wait for the Next Train in New York City (published by Cornell University Press[3] in 2020.) He also wrote the book, Politics Across the Hudson: The Tappan Zee Megaproject (published by Rutgers University Press[4] in 2015 with an updated version in 2018).

Plotch writes articles and op-eds about economic development, politics, and transportation issues that have been published in numerous academic and general publications including: Articulo – Journal of Urban Research[5], The Atlantic,[6] Crain's New York,[7] Daily News[8], Gotham Gazette[9], Governing[10], Journal News,[11] Journal of Planning History[12], Journal of Planning Literature,[13] Newsday,[14] The Record[15], Star Ledger,[16] Streetsblog,[17] and the Wall Street Journal.[18]

Plotch received the American Planning Association’s 2015 New York Metro Chapter journalism award for his in-depth research and hard hitting analysis behind the planning and politics of New York's transportation system.[19] Previous winners have included Kate Ascher, Brendan Gill, Paul Goldberger, Ken Jackson, and Elizabeth Kolbert.[20][21]


Transportation planner and World Trade Center Redevelopment Director

As director of World Trade Center redevelopment and special projects at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Plotch developed new transportation programs, oversaw the design and construction of Lower Manhattan open spaces, and administered programs to rebuild structures.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]

Between 1992 and 2005, as the manager of policy and planning at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Plotch led planning improvements for the New York metropolitan area's transportation system including the 7 Subway Extension to the Hudson Yards, the Second Avenue Subway, and intelligent transportation systems.[30][31]

Education

Plotch received his master in urban planning degree from Hunter College and his Ph.D. in public and urban policy from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at The New School.[32]

Civic leadership

He lives in the Radburn section of Fair Lawn, New Jersey,[33] where he has published Fair Lawn News, served on the planning board and the economic development committee, and led efforts to revise election procedures and improve pedestrian safety.[34][35][36][37][38]

References
  1. Saint Peter's University Faculty & Administration. http://www.saintpeters.edu/mpa/faculty-and-administration
  2. http://hunteruap.org/faculty/affiliated/
  3. "Last Subway". Cornell University Press. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  4. "Politics Across the Hudson". Rutgers University Press. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  5. Plotch, Philip (2017-09-14). "Mitigating Gridlock: Lessons on Regional Governance from the Organization that Keeps New York Moving". Articulo - Journal of Urban Research.
  6. "Lessons from the Tappan Zee Bridge." The Atlantic, September 2015. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/lessons-from-the-tappan-zee-bridge/404032/
  7. Plotch, Philip (2020-03-10). "Subway upgrades without congestion pricing funds will cause another transit crisis". Crain's New York. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  8. Plotch, Philip (2020-03-28). "Cuomo and coronavirus: A match of leader and crisis". Daily News. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  9. Plotch, Philip (2016-01-11). "Don't Be Seduced By Sexy Transportation Projects". Gotham Gazette. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  10. Plotch, Philip (2017-12-21). "Effective Collaboration in an Unlikely Place". Governing. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  11. "Tappan Zee Bridge's Ties to Pataki, Clinton, Trump, Christie." Op-Ed. Journal News. July 22, 2015. http://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/07/20/tappan-zee-bridge-ties-pataki-clinton-trump-christie/30346237
  12. "Waiting More Than 100 Years for the Second Avenue Subway to Arrive." Journal of Planning History. 2015. http://jph.sagepub.com/content/14/4/309.abstract
  13. "What's Taking So Long? Identifying the Underlying Causes of Delays in Planning Transportation Megaprojects in the United States." Journal of Planning Literature, January 2015. http://jpl.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/01/08/0885412214566116.abstract
  14. "Get Used to Paying More for Less." Op-Ed. Newsday. July 2, 2010. http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/opinion-with-mta-get-used-to-paying-more-for-less-1.2071995
  15. "Indictments are an Affirmation that our System is Working." Op-Ed. The Record. May 2, 2015. http://www.northjersey.com/opinion/opinion-guest-writers/indictments-are-an-affirmation-that-our-system-is-working-1.1323951
  16. "Port Authority Proposal to Cut Late-Night PATH Service is Short-Sighted." Op-Ed. Star Ledger. January 7, 2015. http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/01/port_authoritys_path_service-cut_plan_is_out_of_focus_opinion.html
  17. Plotch, Philip (2020-03-09). "The Second Avenue Subway's Lessons for American Transit". Streetsblog. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  18. Plotch, Philip (2016-12-01). "Bringing Home the Davis-Bacon". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  19. http://www.nyplanning.org/docs/annualreports/annualreport2015.pdf
  20. http://www.nyplanning.org/docs/APAAwardsList__no2009.pdf
  21. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2015-11-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/arch_reports/1612.pdf
  23. http://wagner.nyu.edu/files/faculty/publications/RCWP_McCandless.pdf
  24. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/ss_trb_09_lmsm_paper.pdf
  25. http://www.renewnyc.com/content/meetings/120_1_12_2006.pdf
  26. http://www.renewnyc.com/content/meetings/121_2_9_2006.pdf
  27. http://www.renewnyc.com/content/meetings/124_5_11_2006.pdf
  28. http://www.renewnyc.com/content/meetings/155_12_17_2009.pdf
  29. "James Madison Plaza News - NYC Parks Cuts The Ribbon On Restoration Of James Madison Plaza In Lower Manhattan : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org.
  30. "Repository Notice - Bureau of Transportation Statistics". ntl.bts.gov.
  31. http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/feis/chapter21.pdf
  32. http://www.saintpeters.edu/mpa/faculty-and-administration/
  33. Plotch, Philip Mark. "Opinion: Indictments are an affirmation that our system is working", The Record (Bergen County), May 2, 2015. Accessed November 30, 2015. "Philip Mark Plotch of Fair Lawn is an assistant professor of political science at Saint Peter's University and author of Politics Across the Hudson: The Tappan Zee Megaproject."
  34. "North Jersey News and Information | NorthJersey.com".
  35. "North Jersey News and Information | NorthJersey.com".
  36. "North Jersey News and Information | NorthJersey.com".
  37. "North Jersey News and Information | NorthJersey.com".
  38. http://www.fairlawn.org/filestorage/265/702/716/718/MC-120103-reorg-minutes.pdf
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