Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Parks

Sacrificing Central Park to Appease the Traffic Gods

By Ken Coughlin | Nov 22, 2006 | 11 Comments

The Dept. of Transportation’s 2005 study showed there is no need to eliminate car-free hours during the holidays. So why did they do it this year? Every November, year after year, the city sends two contradictory messages to motorists. On the one hand, it urges all those coming to the city during the holiday season to use […]

The Traffic is the Mitigation

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 20, 2006 | 11 Comments

mitigate, verb[Latin stem of mitigare, from mitis, mild, gentle]1. Make milder in manner or attitude, make less hostile, mollify.2. Give relief from pain. Lessen the suffering caused by an evil or difficulty.3. Make less oppressive. Make more humane, more bearable. How Orwellian is this? The New York City Department of Transportation’s Holiday Traffic Mitigation Plan went […]

Eyes on the Street: Prospect Park, Brooklyn

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 9, 2006 | 8 Comments

A Streetsblog tipster notices that Prospect Park motorists seem to be unindoctrinated in the ways of the Litterbug: Since I have been training for this half marathon, I have been doing more running in Prospect Park than bike riding the last few weeks. Each of the last three times I have run in the park […]

Aiming to Reduce Car Use Around Brooklyn’s New Park

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 25, 2006 | 8 Comments

Some excellent news just came across the transom in a press release from the Downtown Brooklyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation. The are announcing "the launch of a transportation study that will examine potential future means of providing access to Brooklyn Bridge Park, with an aim to reduce reliance on personal vehicles." The study is being […]

Central and Prospect Park Updates

By Aaron Donovan | Jul 26, 2006 | 1 Comment

Here are a couple of updates from the parks from Streetsblog tipsters. The first is a heads up for all you riders using Central Park: This morning on Central Park’s West Drive, there was a road block of one lane with 10 cops presiding. When asked, one of the officers said that they were looking out for […]

Eyes on the Street: Central Park, Friday, June 23, 3:30 pm.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 26, 2006 | 5 Comments

The following note just came across the Streetsblog transom, from Michael, a 29-year-old business-owner in Manhattan. Michael is a tri-athlete and trains daily in Central Park on his Softride bicycle. This is what happened to him on Friday: I was riding my bike in Central Park. A ROAD BLOCK was set up in the bike […]

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