Upper Green Side

Upper Green Side Joins Traffic Relief Coalition

Yesterday, Upper Green Side joined over 120 other community based groups calling on the city to start taking action on traffic congestion in our city. The Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief endorses five key objectives for transportation policy in NYC:

1. Create more protected areas for transit, walking and biking.

2. Make people who park on the street pay more.

3. Limit traffic in residential areas

4. Reduce the impact of truck traffic

5. Congestion Pricing System for the Central Business District and other busy downtown areas

As Enrique Penalosa said at the Transportation Summit last month, the goal of transportation policy should be “how to get people out of their cars” and onto bikes, mass transit and their own two feet.