Traffic Club of New York explained

The Traffic Club of New York is a prestigious Manhattan-based professional association composed of members who work in the transportation industry.^[1] Participating members operate the day-to-day logistics of many American rail, trucking, and shipping corporations.^[2]

Club history

The Traffic Club of New York (TCNY) was created by a number of transportation magnates at the Arkwright Club on April 10, 1906, in reaction to Congress passing the Carmack Amendment to Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the Hepburn Act.^[3]

Since 1907 the TCNY has held an annual dinner, which became a prominent Club event, suspended only during World War II.^[3] The Club dinner provides food, entertainment, and allows businessmen to make connections.

Presidents

The following people have served as President of the Traffic Club of New York:^[4]

• B.D. Caldwell (1906)
• D.W. Cooke (1907)
• George T. Smith (1907)
• C.S. Keene (1908)
• George A. Cullen (1909)
• Judge G.F. Moore (1010)
• F.E. Herriman (1911)
• E.G. Warfield (1912)
• A.F. Mack (1913)
• R.H. Wallace (1914)
• W.C. Hope (1915)
• Thomas Gantt (1916)
• T.N. Jarvis (1917)
• W.L. Woodrow (1918)
• Ralph S. Stubbs (1919)
• Fred E. Signer (1920)
• R.J. Menzies (1921)
• T.T. Harkrader (1922)
• Frank W. Smith (1923)
• W.A. Schumacher (1925)
• W.S. Cowie (1926)
• H.C. Snyder (1927)
• Charlton A. Swope (1930)
• Louis M. Porter (1932)
• Ralph P. Bird (1933)
• J.W. Roberts (1934)
• Charles W. Braden (1935)
• Henry R. McLean (1938)
• James M. Breen (1945)
• E.A. O'Brien (1956)
• Eugene V. Fitzpatrick (1980)
• William B. Rose (1981)
• Greg Snyder (2014)

Annual Dinner Guest Speakers

The annual Club dinner has had many notable guest and keynote speakers, including the following:

• Charles Evans Hughes (1907) Governor of New York
• Isaac Asimov (1981) Scientist, futurist^[5]
• David Paterson (2012) Governor of New York^[2]
• Admiral Edward M. Straw (2015) ^[6]

External links

• Traffic Club of New York website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Traffic Club of New York Home Page. July 26, 2014.
2. Web site: The Traffic Club of NY 106th Anniversary Annual Dinner : 2/23/12 . 31 December 2014.
3. Web site: TCNY history . Traffic Club of New York. 29 July 2014.
4. Web site: 50th Anniversary Bulletin . Traffic Club of New York.
5. Web site: 1981 Annual Dinner Journal . Traffic Club of New York.
6. Web site: 109th Anniversary Annual Dinner . Traffic Club of New York . 2015-01-08 . 2014-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141231213421/http://tcny.org/event-02-26-15/ . dead .