East SideUpper Green Side Statement on Grant from Citizens for NYC
Upper Green Side Statement on Grant from Citizens for NYC
Upper Green Side is proud to accept this grant from Citizens for NYC to conduct a transportation survey in our area and educate the public about environmentally friendly forms of transportation. We look forward to working with local community leaders, elected officials and other stakeholders in developing the survey, collecting data and using the information collected to inform transportation policy decisions for the Upper East Side. We hope that this survey will give decision makers a more holistic view of the transportation needs of our neighborhood based on the views of the diverse community that lives in the area.
Our draft plan for the survey is to first analyze all existing data and information that is publicly available. We will then conduct qualitative research to obtain input from a variety of sources about the concerns that local residents and businesses have about moving people and goods around our neighborhood to design a quantitative survey instrument. Following the fielding of the quantitative data from local residents, we will issue a report by April 1, 2007 and present the findings to the Community Board, local elected officials, the City Department of Transportation (cDOT) and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA).
New York City and the Upper East Side are both at a pivotal decision point about the future of transportation policy. On the one hand we have the growing concerns over global warming, rising fuel prices, street level noise and pollution from automobile traffic congestion, traffic incidents claiming the lives of cyclists and pedestrians, high asthma and obesity rates. On the other hand we have new large projects like the Second Avenue Subway and Bus Rapid Transit that will hopefully come online over the next 5-10 years. Our survey’s focus will be on what positive changes local residents would like to improve their mobility in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.
Anyone interested in providing input or volunteering for this survey effort to make it the best it can be should contact us (information below)
Contact Information:
Glenn McAnanama, Founder, Upper Green Side
Website: uppergreenside.org
Email: glenn@uppergreenside.org
Cell phone: 646-932-6344
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Upper Green Side is a local community organization promoting more sustainable living by educating individuals, advocating for sensible public policies and encouraging the installation of infrastructure and systems that allow everyday environmentalism. Upper Green Side was instrumental in advocating for bringing two greenmarkets to the Upper East Side
