Auto-Free New York: From Roadways to Railways

by calendar on February 14, 2008

When
February 26, 2008   6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where
NYPD Downtown Center
104 Washington St. (at Rector St.)
Manhattan
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Auto-Free New York

For nearly a century, roadbuilders and their champions -- our elected officials -- have paved over, torn down or removed rail tracks to make more room for highway lanes, reducing the people-carrying capacity of these arteries while creating car chaos in the core of our city.

Well, the reverse is possible!

Now, with the region's population growing, and with a serious and well-financed effort to reduce car traffic into the core via some form of congestion pricing, it is time to get serious about re-using the space that would be released for enhanced rail service.

To celebrate our 19th Anniversary, Auto-Free New York Chair George Haikalis will detail the case for making this conversion on selected lanes of three river crossings leading to the Manhattan Central Business District:

  • the Lincoln Tunnel
  • the Queensborough Bridge
  • the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel