The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
They certainly named Central Park right because this week, the old green space is going to be central to Streetsblog’s coverage. With all the talk of what’s good and what’s bad about Central Park these days, Streetsblog decided to spend all week fanning across the 843-acre jewelbox to identify problems, present solutions and help readers understand what’s going on.
And don’t miss our live blog on Tuesday from inside the park itself. If you’re in the area, come and say hi.
In the meantime, Check out today’s first two stories in the park series today, as well as a column by Gersh Kuntzman and today’s headlines. It’s all below.
President Trump sort of inadvertently made an argument for banning horse carriages from Central Park on Thursday when he critiicized the City Council’s 40-7-2 vote to end the Central Park horse carriage industry with an ill-conceived analogy to cars.
The city’s much-anticipated program to require speed-limiting devices inside the cars of repeatedly reckless drivers will launch next year, though questions remain.