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Traffic and Parks – Can They Co-Exist?

As new parks develop and congestion increases, will traffic need to be further curbed to accommodate park goers? Or can traffic and parks co-exist peacefully in our burgeoning city? Join Henry J. Stern, President, NYCivic, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Transportation Alternatives' Executive Director Paul Steely White, and others for an evening of discussion and debate. Presented as a part of the Museum of the City of New York's ongoing Civic Talks series developed in collaboration with NYCivic.

As new parks develop and congestion increases, will traffic need to be further curbed to accommodate park goers? Or can traffic and parks co-exist peacefully in our burgeoning city? Join Henry J. Stern, President, NYCivic, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Transportation Alternatives‘ Executive Director Paul Steely White, and others for an evening of discussion and debate. Presented as a part of the Museum of the City of New York‘s ongoing Civic Talks series developed in collaboration with NYCivic.

WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 21, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St.

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Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.

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