Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Parks

Tonight: Keep Up the Momentum for a Car-Free Summer in Central Park

By Brad Aaron | Jun 15, 2011 | 1 Comment

Amid the flurry of community board votes this week on the proposed trial to make Central Park car-free this summer, we missed tonight’s CB 8 full board meeting. The car-free trial resolution has pretty much sailed through in CB votes across Manhattan, and it cleared a combined vote of the CB 8 transportation and parks […]

CB 10 Committee Latest Unanimous Vote For Car-Free Central Park Trial

By Noah Kazis | Jun 9, 2011 | No Comments

Another day, another unanimous show of support for a summertime trial of a car-free Central Park. Last night, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 10, representing central Harlem, voted seven to zero in favor of the car-free trial, with one abstention. The list of Manhattan community board votes supporting the trial period has grown […]

Car-Free Central Park Trial Picks Up More Community Board Endorsements

By Brad Aaron | Jun 8, 2011 | 3 Comments

Support for a car-free Central Park trial is gaining momentum, with three additional community board nods. There are two proposals in play. The first would close the park to cars for four months, from the July 4 weekend through the first weekend in November. A second plan, from the Manhattan Borough Board (borough boards are […]

Will Two CB 9 Members Be Enough to Derail Car-Free Central Park Trial?

By Noah Kazis | Jun 3, 2011 | 4 Comments

Despite the impressive shows of support from three Manhattan community boards over the last two weeks, the effort to take cars off of the Central Park loop for a summer-long trial hit a major snag last night. In a resounding vote of two to one with two abstentions, the transportation committee of CB 9 voted […]

Upper East Side Joins Chorus of Car-Free Central Park Supporters

By Noah Kazis | Jun 2, 2011 | 3 Comments

The momentum is growing for a summer-long trial of a car-free Central Park. Two weeks ago, the transportation and parks committees of Manhattan Community Board 7, representing the Upper West Side, voted unanimously to support such a trial. Last week, the proposal passed the transportation committee of Midtown’s CB 5, again unanimously. And last night, […]

UWS Shows Support for Car-Free Park, But Broader Campaign Is Lacking

By Noah Kazis | May 17, 2011 | 2 Comments

Last night’s unanimous votes in support of a summer-long car-free Central Park by Manhattan Community Board 7’s parks and transportation committees moved the ball forward for advocates of car-free parks. With no movement at the mayoral level on the issue, any successful push will have to come from the bottom up. Similar statements of community […]

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