Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Parks

Streetfilms: Moms Mobilize for a Car-Free Central Park

By Brad Aaron | Oct 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

With help from Transportation Alternatives, a group of mothers and families known as Mobilized Moms led a car-free Central Park rally on Tuesday. Streetfilms’ Robin Urban Smith says about 50 supporters, including Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and City Council Member Gale Brewer, came out in support of the Moms, who marched from Central Park […]

Council Members Urge Bloomberg to Order Car-Free Prospect Park Trial

By Brad Aaron | Oct 7, 2008 | 5 Comments

Last month, as school-age volunteers presented 10,001 signatures in support of a car-free Prospect Park, three City Council Members — David Yassky, Bill de Blasio and Letitia James — issued a letter to Mayor Bloomberg requesting a three-month car-free pilot program. The full text appears below. The latest push to remove auto traffic from the […]

Foes of a Car-Free Trial in Prospect Park Demand Environmental Review

By Ben Fried | Oct 2, 2008 | 32 Comments

In another case of 1970s-era environmental law being turned on its head, Brooklyn Community Boards 7 and 14 are demanding that the city conduct an environmental review before implementing a proposed, three month car-free trial in Prospect Park next summer. At a press event this morning attended by 19 people near the Park Circle entrance […]

Community Boards Step Up Opposition to Car-Free Prospect Park

By Ben Fried | Oct 1, 2008 | 25 Comments

Car-free park advocates deliver 10,000+ letters of support to City Hall. Two weeks ago, the Prospect Park Youth Advocates delivered 10,000 signatures to City Hall asking for a three-month car-free trial. Now Community Boards 7 and 14, as well as a group called the Windsor Terrace Alliance, are demanding that the park remain open to […]

Streetfilms: The Prospect Park Youth Advocates

By Ben Fried | Sep 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

The Prospect Park Youth Advocates get some well-earned star treatment in this Streetfilm from Robin Urban Smith. They spent the summer gathering data and collecting signatures for a car-free park, culminating last week with a rally at City Hall. Now we see what it takes to mount a 10,000-letter petition drive: resourcefulness, persistence, and the […]

Youth Advocates Deliver 10,000 Letters Calling For Car-Free Prospect Park

By Ben Fried | Sep 16, 2008 | 11 Comments

Youth advocate Oswald Bowman kicks things off at yesterday’s rally for a car-free Prospect Park. The Prospect Park Youth Advocates led a joyous procession over the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday afternoon on their way to deliver more than 10,000 letters to Mayor Bloomberg in support of a car-free park. The youth advocates and students from Freedom […]

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