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CB 10 Committee Latest Unanimous Vote For Car-Free Central Park Trial
Another day, another unanimous show of support for a summertime trial of a car-free Central Park. Last night, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 10, representing central Harlem, voted seven to zero in favor of the car-free trial, with one abstention.
June 9, 2011
Car-Free Central Park Trial Picks Up More Community Board Endorsements
Support for a car-free Central Park trial is gaining momentum, with three additional community board nods.
June 8, 2011
Will Two CB 9 Members Be Enough to Derail Car-Free Central Park Trial?
Despite the impressive shows of support from three Manhattan community boards over the last two weeks, the effort to take cars off of the Central Park loop for a summer-long trial hit a major snag last night. In a resounding vote of two to one with two abstentions, the transportation committee of CB 9 voted against the car-free trial.
June 3, 2011
Upper East Side Joins Chorus of Car-Free Central Park Supporters
The momentum is growing for a summer-long trial of a car-free Central Park.
June 2, 2011
UWS Shows Support for Car-Free Park, But Broader Campaign Is Lacking
Last night's unanimous votes in support of a summer-long car-free Central Park by Manhattan Community Board 7's parks and transportation committees moved the ball forward for advocates of car-free parks. With no movement at the mayoral level on the issue, any successful push will have to come from the bottom up. Similar statements of community support will be needed from more than one neighborhood.
May 17, 2011
Gale Brewer Introduces Bill to Make Central Park, Prospect Park Car-Free
Upper West Side City Council Member Gale Brewer introduced legislation today that would restore Central and Prospect Parks to their original car-free status.
March 23, 2011
Tonight: Ask NYPD for a Return to Sanity in Central Park
Major crimes in Central Park may be up by 50 percent, but that hasn't stopped significant resources from being spent on the ongoing NYPD crackdown targeting recreational cyclists in the park. Precinct officers are stopping cyclists for a variety of infractions, including spot equipment checks for missing bells and lights, but most notoriously are handing out $270 tickets to riders who roll through any of the loop drive's 47 traffic signals, even if the only other living being in sight is a squirrel.
March 14, 2011
Central Park Drivers Get Bigger Holiday Gift Than Usual
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.
December 6, 2010
Central Park Administrator Pushes East-West Bike Routes, Car-Free Park
Central Park Conservancy head Douglas Blonsky wants his park to get a lot more bike-friendly, he revealed at a meeting of Manhattan's Community Board 7's parks committee last night. Not only is he working to create shared use paths that would allow cyclists to cross the park east-west safely and legally, he repeatedly announced his support for removing vehicular traffic from Central Park entirely.
September 21, 2010
Parks Department Vows to Save New Yorkers From Menacing Street Life
The parks department will hold a hearing Friday on plans to clamp down on what it sees as an unnecessary, untamed incursion into some of the city's most vaunted public spaces.
April 22, 2010