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Dear friends of Sustainable Transportation:
The next Auto-Free New York meeting will be: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 6-8pm "Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay" Yves Engler and Bianca Mugyenyi will discuss their forthcoming book. This a very well-rearsched book -- kind of a sequel to Jane Holtz Kay's Asphalt Nation, published 15 years ago. The authors promise an interesting evening -- car huggers beware! Location: Transportation Alternative offices 127 West 26th Street 10 Floor Midtown Manhattan Auto-Free New York has been meeting on a monthly basis for over two decades to discuss ways to reduce motor vehicular use especially in the crowded core of our city. For more info checkout www.auto-free.org You may find the next meeting of the Regional Rail Working Group of interest: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6-8pm Location: Hoboken Parking Utility Conference Room, Ground Floor City Hall, 98 Washington Street, Hoboken New Jersey Two blocks west of the Hoboken Terminal PATH Station The discussion will continue on near term measures to increase capacity and efficiency of the three commuter rail lines and Amtrak that serve the NY-NJ-CT by remaking them into a regional rail system -- with frequent service, integrated fares and through running at Penn Station. We will focus on bringing Metro-North trains into Penn Station, even before completion of the LIRR East Sider Access Project. Also, the discussion will continue on "affordable" options for new Hudson River passenger rail tunnels and practical solutions to the Portal Bridge "problem". Time permitting other RRWG initiatives will be discussed. The Regional Rail Working Group is an informal collaboration of transit advocacy organizations that meet monthly to advance plans for transforming the commuter rail lines that serve the NY-NJ-CT metropolitan area into a truly regional rail system, with frequent service, integrated fares and through operation. For more info checkout www.rrwg.org Plan to attend. No need to RSVP. Both RRWG and AFNY operate under the auspices of the Institute for Rational Urban Mobility, Inc. (IRUM), a NYC-based not for profit corporation. George Haikalis President, Institute for Rational Urban Mobility, Inc. One Washington Square Village, Suite 5D New York, NY 10012 geohaikalis@irim.org 212-475-3394 www.irum.org www.rrwg.org www.auto-free.org |
