streetsblog-nyc-logo-alt

streetsblog-nyc-logo-dark

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Streetsblog Basics

Streetsblog Network

Top Categories

Covering the fight for sustainable cities

streetsblog-nyc-logo

Streetsblog New York City

Donate to Streetsblog

SB NYC Initials 16-9 crop

Support Streetsblog

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

Brad Aaron

Car-Free Parks

Tonight: Keep Up the Momentum for a Car-Free Summer in Central Park

Car-Free Central Park Trial Picks Up More Community Board Endorsements

Bicycle Safety

Thursday: Speak Up for Cross-Town Central Park Bike Paths

Ken Coughlin is a member of Community Board 7 in Manhattan.

ken coughlin

Ken Coughlin

Bicycling

Reason Makes a Comeback in Central Park

Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

Noah Kazis

UWS Struggles to Solve Central Park Bike Crackdown, Likes East-West Paths

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

Central Park

Top Categories

Tonight: Keep Up the Momentum for a Car-Free Summer in Central Park

Car-Free Central Park Trial Picks Up More Community Board Endorsements

Thursday: Speak Up for Cross-Town Central Park Bike Paths

Reason Makes a Comeback in Central Park

UWS Struggles to Solve Central Park Bike Crackdown, Likes East-West Paths

Video: Rodriguez, Lander Call for Return to Sanity in Central Park

NYPD: Riding Faster Than 15 MPH in Central Park Now Illegal

Hundreds Ask NYPD to Cease Irrational Bike Crackdown in Central Park

When Will the Central Park Bike Blitz Be Over? “Ask the Mayor”

Central Park Drivers Get Bigger Holiday Gift Than Usual