By Carla Zanoni
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
UPPER MANHATTAN — Residents of the upper reaches of Manhattan have a unique set of transportation challenges.
They range from crumbling subway stations to congestion-choked roads to shouldering the burden of interstate highway travel. Three of the four candidates seeking the Democratic primary nomination for the 31st State Senate District will debate the solutions to those and other problems on Tuesday.
The debate was to be hosted by Transportation Alternatives, the pro-bicycling, walking and public transit group, and it aims to “make transportation a central issue in the 2010 elections” and “to educate citizens on the role that government plays in moving people around.”
The group also launched the New York Transportation Survey this week, where candidates across the city are given a chance to weigh in on important transportation issues in their districts.
Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, Mark Levine and Miosotis Munoz are listed as confirmed for the event by Transportation Alternatives, but Anna Lewis has not made it clear whether she will debate, telling the Manhattan Times that she is “90 percent certain” she will attend.
The debate is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 7, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Armory Foundation, 216 Fort Washington Avenue at West 168th Street.
