Porie Saikia is a Registered Architect in NY, RIBA Chartered Architect UK, CIOB Chartered Construction Manager, UK.
Currently as Senior Director, Environment, Energy, Sustainability & Industrial Hygiene policies, compliance & initiatives at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (MTA NY), Porie is responsible for taking forward the vision for sustainability leading its Climate Adaptation program, Carbon Action priorities, Energy Efficiency initiatives, Renewables programs as well as environmental policies, compliance and mandates – for MTA’s trillion-dollar asset and $54b capital program. Her industry recognition is evidenced by various elected and selected positions as president, board member, governor, trustee and advisor in the design and construction industry globally. Porie is awarded the FJ Gerstner Medal by CVUT Prague & Nelson Rockefeller Excelsior Award in New York and has been elevated to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).
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June 07: From COVID to climate change: Leadership is the key to managing any crisis
Mission Mobility - Back to the Fundamentals
Resilience is the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, respond, recover from, and more successfully adapt to adverse events. In public transit authorities and in the organizations that are contracted or outsourced to provide public transit, it is the ability to provide core transit functions in the face of threats and recover quickly from major shocks or changing conditions. In the face of the recent and current billion-dollar natural disasters or weather-related events that we are seeing today, mass transit systems and networks need to quickly bounce back from these disasters and shocks. Being better prepared to withstand and recover from an extreme weather event or threat, to know how fast a service can be safely restored, providers must rethink policies, governance and strategies. This discussion attempts to look at resilience as the new reality and how providers are adapting by changing the way business was done before.
