Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Parks

Official Statement on Central Park Car-Free Hours Increase

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 31, 2007 | 30 Comments

As we reported yesterday, starting Monday, August 6, Car-Free time in Central Park will be increased by one hour in the morning on the Park’s West Drive. Here are the details from the Dept. of Transportation: New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today announced further […]

DOT Expands Car-Free Time in Central Park by One Hour

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 30, 2007 | 24 Comments

The Dept. of Transportation is announcing that it will add one additional hour of car-free time to Central Park’s West Drive during morning rush hour starting Monday, August 6. No incremental improvements have been announced for Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Here is DOT’s announcement: Beginning Monday, August 6th, the West Drive of Central Park between […]

Go to Car-Free Governors Island

By Jason Varone | Jun 29, 2007 | 1 Comment

Go to Governor’s Island! A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. and Trorb Productions Running Time: 4 minutes 18 seconds Governors Island is a car-free, New York City paradise and now it’s open to the public on weekends from June thru Sept 2nd. Find all the details on the Governors Island Alliance website. To get there, […]

Count Cars Breaking the Law in Prospect Park!

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jun 25, 2007 | 37 Comments

Almost every time Doug Gordon visits Prospect Park he sees vehicles entering illegally after it is closed to cars at 7 pm. It made him mad, so he got out his video camera. StreetFilms obtained the footage he took on June 20th near the 3rd Street/Prospect Park West entrance and truncated it into this enlightening […]

Tour de Brooklyn: City is Considering Car-Free Central Park Trial

By Aaron Donovan | Jun 4, 2007 | 5 Comments

New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan enjoys a lighter moment with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz as Noah Budnick of Transportation Alternatives welcomes cyclists to the 2007 Tour de Brooklyn. The third annual Tour de Brooklyn bike ride rolled through the borough Sunday with sunny skies, temperatures in the low 70s and a light breeze along a […]

London’s Trafalgar Square Goes Green… Literally.

By Jason Varone | May 24, 2007 | 5 Comments

A once traffic-heavy part of Trafalgar Square, now open only to pedestrians, just received a green, grassy face lift from London’s city government. Could New York City’s Times Square be next? (If not, we’d settle for three months-worth of car-free Central Park this summer.) The BBC reports: More than 2,000 sq m of turf has […]

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