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Yes, Mr. Mayor, the U.S. Open Turns Flushing Meadows Park into a Parking Lot
Sure, the tennis tourney generates revenue for the city, but Queens residents are treated like garbage for three weeks.
September 7, 2018
Say Goodbye to Cars in Central Park
The last private car entered the park at 7 p.m. last night, culminating half a century of advocacy.
June 27, 2018
The Car-Free Central Park Victory Lap
This morning, car-free park advocates went out with Council Member Helen Rosenthal for a victory lap. Or, as indefatigable advocate Ken Coughlin called it, the last protest ride for a car-free Central Park.
May 1, 2018
Central Park Goes Car-Free Forever on June 27
The campaign for a car-free park has lasted more than half a century and involved thousands of people. Today's historic announcement by Mayor de Blasio belongs to all of them.
April 20, 2018
Prospect Park Is Officially Car-Free Forever
As of this morning, Prospect Park is officially and permanently car-free, the culmination of 50 years of advocacy.
January 2, 2018
Prospect Park Goes Car-Free Forever on January 2
Over the course of many years and several thousand volunteer hours - including massive petition campaigns in 2002 and 2008 - advocates were able to get DOT to gradually whittle down the times and places where cars were allowed in the park.
The mayor's announcement today is the culmination of that steady advocacy and the incremental progress toward a car-free park.
October 23, 2017
Parents and Kids Ride for a Car-Free Prospect Park
Parents and children biked through Prospect Park this morning, calling on the city to get cars off the park loop all year round.
October 9, 2017
There’s No Good Reason for DOT to Let Cars Back in Prospect Park on Monday
Since July 17, all of Prospect Park has been continuously off-limits to private car traffic for the longest time in generations, since the loop was first allowed to become a shortcut for motorized traffic. Why not keep it that way?
September 8, 2017
Want a Car-Free Prospect Park All Year Round? Sign Here.
DOT says it will evaluate traffic and safety impacts of the car-free trial and make a decision about whether to make it permanent. That could mean traffic will be back on the east side of the loop during the morning weekday rush starting on September 11.
July 19, 2017
This Summer, Prospect Park Will Be Completely Car-Free for the First Time
Prospect Park will be completely car-free from July 17 through September 10, Mayor de Blasio and DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced this morning. It's the first time that Prospect Park will cease to be a shortcut for car traffic for more than a few days at a time.
July 10, 2017
