Event Date: 04/22/2010
6:30pm - 8:30pm

The panel and discussion will elicit concrete recommendations for the DOT and for communities to lead more constructive community planning processes. Questions to be considered include: What successes can we highlight?
-What are the obstacles?
-What are strategies that communities can take for more constructive engagement?
-How can the city draw more effectively from the public for planning streets?

Moderator:
Ethan Kent, Vice President, Project for Public Spaces, Cofounder NYC Streets Renaissance Campaign

Panelists:
Mike Flynn - Head of Planning and Scope Development for NYCDOT
Christine Berthet - CHEKPEDS (Clinton Hells Kitchen Pedestrian Advocates)
Blaise Backer - Executive Director, Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership
Shin-pei Tsay - Deputy Director, Transportation Alternatives
Gary Toth - Director of Transportation Initiative, Project for Public Spaces, former Director of Planning and Scope Development at NJDOT

Location: the roof top conference center of The Open Planning Center at 148 Lafayette Street, just north of Canal

Registration: This event is free, please RSVP to Dana Kitzes at dkitzes@pps.org by April 19. For more information about this panel, click here.

This event is a Panel Discussion
Filed Under: New York City