Tickets are now on sale for the Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s 2009 Annual Benefit, which will take place on October 29, from 6pm to 8:30pm at The Gates on 290 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan! We hope to see you there as we celebrate another year of successful TSTC advocacy.

We will be honoring Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey for his work in winning federal approval for the Access to the Region’s Core project and his leadership in connecting land use and transportation. Aaron Naparstek of Streetsblog and Clarence Eckerson of Streetfilms will be there as we honor their organizations for consistently being at the forefront of transit, pedestrian, bicycling, and livable community issues and filling a critical gap in a changing media landscape.

Over the last year, the Campaign has catalyzed major reform in Connecticut, helped preserve transit service for millions of New Yorkers, kept wasteful road widenings in check, and watchdogged the federal stimulus. Campaign reports have helped spark and inform debate on topics like cross-Hudson transit and expansion of the New Jersey Turnpike. Readership of Mobilizing the Region has grown by 50% over the last year, and we recently revamped the blog’s layout.

Please join us and help support our work! You can learn more about the Annual Benefit and purchase tickets, sponsorship packages, and journal ads at our website. Paper invitations will be in the mail shortly.