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February 2, 2006

Aiming To Influence City Development, Group Opens ‘Livable Streets’ Exhibit

The NY Sun
By David Lombino

Livable Streets Exhibit

A coalition of advocacy groups wants to put stickball on Mayor Bloomberg’s second-term agenda. New York’s iconic sport and other idyllic neighborhood activities have been swallowed up, they say, by a transportation infrastructure that has overwhelmed neighborhoods and damaged the city’s quality of life.

The coalition today is opening a two month exhibition at the Municipal Arts Society, “Livable Streets: A New Vision for New York,”the goal of which is to influence the Bloomberg administration’s development goals.

A co-sponsor of the exhibition, the executive director of Transportation Alternatives, Paul White, said New York is falling behind other major cities like London, Paris, and Chicago, which have moved toward upgrading their public transit and are planning for friendlier, safer, and more engaging streets and public spaces.

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Posted by lumi at February 2, 2006 6:35 AM