Kovid Saxena

An infrastructure and transportation sector leader with over 25 years of experience, Kovid Saxena is Vice President at Arcadis, a 36,000-person infrastructure consulting firm active on key projects, including Second Avenue Subway Phase II, Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience, Gateway Hudson River Tunnel, and New York City’s first large-scale Progressive Design-Build project, the Battery Park City North/West Resiliency Project. Kovid has led at the intersection of infrastructure and sustainability for a broad range of New York City projects, including citywide curbside charging, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Triple-Cantilever), New York City Solid Waste Management Plan, Water for the Future Program, East Midtown Rezoning, Hudson Yards, Brooklyn-Queens Connector urban rail, implementation of pilot Select Bus Service routes, Bayonne Bridge Navigational Clearance, and safety improvements on major thoroughfares, including Atlantic Avenue. He is a frequent presenter at national/international conferences on transportation and sustainability, including the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation. He serves on the Urban Land Institute New York Infrastructure Council, and the Municipal Art Society of New York’s Planning Committee, and is transportation committee co-chair and board member at the National Association of Environmental Professionals.