Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Central Park

Central Park Drivers Get Bigger Holiday Gift Than Usual

By Noah Kazis | Dec 6, 2010 | 11 Comments

In what’s shaping up to be a yearly tradition, car-free hours in Central Park have been cut back for the holiday season. Each weekday this month, on the southeast corner of the park drive, the park’s pedestrians, joggers, cyclists, and dog-walkers have three fewer hours of quiet and safety. The stretch of the park drive […]

Eyes on the Street: Cabs Collide on Central Park’s West Drive

By Brad Aaron | May 20, 2010 | 6 Comments

Photos: Ken Coughlin Streetsblog contributor Ken Coughlin snapped these shots of a rear-end collision between a yellow taxi and a livery cab in Central Park. The crash happened on West Drive at about 10 a.m. Wednesday. Fortunately, no cyclists or runners or moms with kids were involved, but as long as the city’s most iconic […]

JSK’s “98 Percent” Car-Free Central Park Claim Is 100 Percent Wrong

By Ken Coughlin | Mar 9, 2010 | 25 Comments

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan appeared on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show last Wednesday to talk about the agency’s plans to, as Lehrer put it, "spread the Times Square model." When Lehrer invited listeners to call in with their ideas for other streets that should be made car-free zones, "Steve from Manhattan" asked why the Central Park […]

The NYPD’s Holiday Gift to Motorists: Central Park

By Ken Coughlin | Dec 11, 2009 | 31 Comments

After introducing some yuletide sanity two winters ago, the city is back to sending a schizophrenic message to New Yorkers this holiday season: Please use mass transit, but if you choose to drive, we’ve made it easier by increasing the hours when cars are permitted on a section of Central Park’s loop road. Only this […]

End Central Park Road Rage: Keep Cars Out

By Ken Coughlin | Jun 11, 2009 | 17 Comments

The Central Park loop drive was never meant for traffic. Photo: Frodrig/Flickr The city’s ongoing effort to have it both ways in Central Park resulted in another near-tragedy last week. Brian Dooda was riding his bike in the park when he got into an altercation with the driver of an SUV. It seems Dooda was […]

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 […]

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