Happiness in New York, I've found, has a great deal to do with some of life's
basics -- how crowded the subway is on your way to work, finding a place to
stash your car (if you have one) or that of friends and family who come to visit,
having a nice patch of grass to spend a few quiet minutes away from the world.
If you're in the New York area and care about such things, this event at the
Tank tonight should prove compelling:
Many of the folks on the panel are the same ones behind the recent pushback against the NYC Department of Transportation plan to turn Park Slope's 5th and 7th Avenues -- my own hood (we live about a block from 7th) -- into one-way thoroughfares.
Livable Streets Discussion and Happy Hour
Cities worldwide are embracing new ideas about mass transit, congestion pricing, parking, public squares, mixed used development, and more, yet New York City's transportation policies often seem as though they are stuck in the 1960s. But the sustainable transportation movement in New York City is alive in Streetsblog, StreetFilms, Transportation Alternatives, the Municipal Art Society, Project for Public Spaces, and other organizations along with many individual blogs and community groups.
Meet and mingle with other readers, activists, and supporters of a livable approach to transportation, development, and public spaces. Get to know the others who share your values about the kind of city we want to live in. Put faces behind the screen names online. And have a drink!
At 7 o'clock, leaders from a few organizations will introduce themselves and say a few brief words about their current activities:
- Aaron Naparstek, Streetsblog
- Sean Clifford, StreetFilms
- Jasper Goldman, Municipal Art Society
- Nick Grossman, Uncivil Servants and The Open Planning Project
When
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where
The Tank
279 Church St. (bet. Franklin & White Sts.)
Manhattan
Cost
Free
More Info
Transportation Alternatives E-Bulletin
Notes
Drinks sponsored by The Open Planning Project.
Many of the folks on the panel are the same ones behind the recent pushback against the NYC Department of Transportation plan to turn Park Slope's 5th and 7th Avenues -- my own hood (we live about a block from 7th) -- into one-way thoroughfares.
