Cars Out of CP Rally

by Andy Shen

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Press Release:

Mayor Bloomberg: Take the Car-Free Challenge

For Immediate Release

Monday, October 24, 2005

Contact: Transportation Alternatives (212) 629-8080

Hundreds of recreational park users march on Central Park to ask the Mayor for a three-month traffic ban during the Summer of 2006.

March: Monday October 24 – 4:45 pm – W. 72nd St. Park entrance

With 100,000 petition signatures and support from dozens of civic, health, environmental and recreational groups, marchers invite the Mayor to “take the Car-Free Challenge”.

Rally and march on October 24 at 4:45pm to ask the Mayor for a three-month trial closure of the Central Park Loop Drive in Summer 2006.

For more information rsvp:

http://www.transalt.org/campaigns/cpark/rsvp.html

For info on the new speed study that found 64% of loop drivers exceed the speed limit by 10 mph or more:

http://transalt.org/press/releases/051021SpeedStudyPressRelease.pdf

5 Comments

Racer/Commuter Craig

Its nice to see something thats not about the racing scene up here once and a while, nice coverage!

lee3

Glad you folks covered this. It was held @ the peak of the work day which I’m sure affected its turnout a bit. I’m also sure it affected the jersey commuter trying to speed out of Mnhttn via the loop! givem hell!!

kevin

i stopped signing those petitions years ago. i like the cars in the park. i think they make it safer for cyclists. The most dangerous thing about the park are pedestrians crossing the street without looking or strolling along 4 wide in the middle of the street. this happens less with cars whizzing around.

campocat

Unfortunately it always takes cyclists to get things under way. It might not be paradise but you have to try and improve the current state of affairs. You know what, it takes a lot of hard work by some dedicated individuals, and then the Goverment funds a bike path and from Fla. to Maine you have walkers, runners, tourists, rollerblades, dogs on 40′ retractable leashes, and then the safety equiptment and bollards pop up everywhere. Yeld to ped’s – Ah, paradise – it beats laying under the bumper of a cab.

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