“[I]t would not make that big a difference,” said Mayor Bloomberg at a press conference yesterday in response to a question about banning cars in Central Park. Except if you’re a cyclist, pedestrian, faggy rollerblader or parent with a stroller, competing with vehicular traffic as it zooms by, tires screeching, while hoping not to veer six inches out of the unprotected lane non-drivers are squashed into.
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Billionaire Mayor’s Cluelessness Continues
By Bucky Turco |
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Meh, I'm surprised that people still have nothing better to do than fight about this issue. Cars are only allowed in CP on half of the loop twice a day for a few hours on weekdays. No cars on weekends. And there are still separate lanes for bikes/peds.
from http://www.transalt.org/campaigns/cpark/rules:
West Drive: Open to traffic 8-10 am. Car-free other times.
East Drive: Open to traffic 3-7 pm (except southeastern corner, which is open to traffic all day). Car-free other times.
72nd Street crossing: open to traffic 7-10 am. Car-free other times.
I'm not surprised at all. It's dangerous and cars don't belong there. They can use the east and west traverse routes all they want, but there's no need for them to be in the park going north or south, competing with non-vehicular traffic. It's absurd.
Point taken. I suppose it is silly that cars drive through Central Park at all. Yet it still seems that a whole lot of people are spending a lot of energy trying to get rid of only a few hours of park traffic on weekdays (I've seen this issue in the media/blogs many times, for years). Anyway, thanks keeping up the blog, it rules.