The supplemental work for the Canal Area Transportation Study (CATS) has been completed and the proposed recommendations of the CATS planning process are being released for public review.
Two public meetings will include a presentation which will detail the proposed recommendations and next steps, as well as describing the various components of the CATS process and improvement actions completed to date. The same information will be presented at both meetings.

CATS was borne out of a multitude of transportation and safety issues on and around Canal Street in lower Manhattan. The purpose of CATS was to identify significant transportation-related issues in the study area bounded by Houston Street to the north, Chambers Street to the south, and from the East River to the Hudson River, and to ultimately propose a series of potential actions to address those issues. This two track planning study was managed by NYMTC staff and a Steering Committee comprised of relevant NYMTC member agencies.