Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Parks

Car-Free Prospect Park Rally Today; Markowitz Not Expected to Attend

By Brad Aaron | Sep 15, 2008 | 8 Comments

If you’ll be in Lower Manhattan this afternoon, don’t forget today’s action by Prospect Park Youth Advocates, who will be delivering postcards to City Hall signed by thousands of New Yorkers who’d like to see the Brooklyn park go car-free. Though Mayor Bloomberg seems to be keeping an open mind on the issue, Brooklyn Borough […]

Youth Advocates Bringing Car-Free Prospect Park Message to Bloomberg

By Brad Aaron | Sep 12, 2008 | 23 Comments

Prospect Park Youth Advocates (l-r) Oswald, Michael, Kelena and Farah Having spent their summer working for a car-free Prospect Park, four young Brooklynites are taking their message to the mayor on Monday. And they’ll have plenty of backup. Prospect Park Youth Advocates Michael, Farah, Kelena and Oswald have collected 10,000 postcards signed by New Yorkers […]

“There’s Nothing Legal About the Cars in Prospect Park”

By Ben Fried | Aug 1, 2008 | 28 Comments

August is here, and while New Yorkers are enduring another summer of rush-hour traffic whipping through the city’s flagship parks, some excellent advocacy is bolstering the case for going car-free. Look at the work being done by the Prospect Park Youth Advocates, high school students who are spending their summer vacations gathering data and putting […]

Business Honchos Lobby Bloomberg for Car-Free Parks

By Brad Aaron | Jun 26, 2008 | 29 Comments

It seems elitist "green" types aren’t the only ones who think city parks should be reserved for people. A passage from this week’s New York Magazine feature "Who Owns Central Park?" reveals that regular Joe business execs recently warned Mayor Bloomberg of the economic consequences of a city so dominated by cars. Last April, about […]

Streetfilms: The Glory Days of Car-Free Park Rallies

By Ben Fried | Jun 13, 2008 | 21 Comments

If you’ve ever wondered how Aaron Naparstek and Clarence Eckerson whiled away the hours before the advent of Streetsblog and Streetfilms, here’s your answer. They donned cheeseheads and Hummer suits while role-playing in support of a car-free Prospect Park. Clarence has been hanging on to this proto-Streetfilm for some time (it was shot in 2002), […]

T.A.: Car-Free Central Park Would Ease Neighborhood Congestion

By Brad Aaron | Jun 12, 2008 | 24 Comments

A study released this week by Transportation Alternatives undercuts the claim that closing Central Park’s loop drive to cars would increase traffic on the streets of Harlem. To the contrary, findings indicate that loop entrances on 110th street at Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevards "act as traffic magnets," drawing vehicles onto neighborhood streets […]

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