Public Forum: Working Waterfront and Transportation of Goods

The Waterfront Alliance, in partnership with the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) and co-hosted by the Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, invites you to join us for an upcoming public forum on the future of our waterfront.

Next year, DCP will release the next NYC Comprehensive Waterfront Plan, which will guide waterfront planning and policy for the city for the next 10 years. This is an important time to set the course of action for our waterfront for the next decade and beyond.

What should the future of NYC’s waterfront look like?

As part of a city-wide community engagement and research gathering effort, these forums are an important opportunity for New Yorkers to learn and engage around key waterfront issues and to actively inform the waterfront planning process.

Specifically, this forum will seek input on the working waterfront and movement of goods. Today, the Port of New York and New Jersey is the second busiest port in the country. Increasing roadway congestion, demand for renewable energy, and more waterborne transport is driving innovation on our waterfronts and waterways. Yet today, the many pieces of our complex maritime ports are hidden away in industrial areas, often inaccessible and not visible to the public, and as a result, most residents of the New York and New Jersey metro area are largely unaware of the important role that working vessels, tugboats, barges, dock workers, shipyards, and logistics, among others, play in our lives and economy.

This public forum will convene local stakeholders — residents, maritime companies, community groups and local leaders, local organizations, and waterfront enthusiasts of all kinds.

Additional Public Forums:

• November 21st: Water Quality and Natural Resources
• November 25th: Ferries, Cruises and Transportation of Humans
• December 3rd: The Working Waterfront and the Transportation of Goods

Stay tuned for January 2020 public forums!