Roundtable Discussion: New York’s Working Waterfront

8:30 AM EDT on July 13, 2006

Thursday, July 13, 2006
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Roundtable Discussion: New York's Working Waterfront
457 Madison Ave (at 51st St), 3rd floor

Transporting everything from fuel oil to recycled office paper, hundreds of barges, tankers, and tug boats sail the Harbor each day, keeping thousands of trucks off our streets. Industry experts and Agency representatives will talk about the present and the future of the working waterfront. Panelists include Andrew Genn, NYC Economic Development Corporation; Capt. Andrew McGovern, United Sandy Hook Pilots of NY/NJ; Wilbur Woods, NYC Department of City Planning; RSVP Required: 212-935-2075 or rsvp@mas.org @ The Urban Center

Aaron Naparstek

@naparstek.bsky.social

Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.

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