June 05, 2006
Central Park, Prospect Park reduce auto routes
Traffic through Central Park and Brooklyn's Prospect Park will be cut back starting today as the city begins a six-week pilot program prohibiting cars on Central Park’s East Drive north of 72nd Street in the morning or the West Drive in the afternoon and Prospect Park’s West Drive in the morning.
Although the routes are great cabbie short-cuts, when the cars aren't there, the roads are given over to joggers, bikers, skaters, dog walkers and the like. In November, the city's Department of Transportation will determine if the closures should be made permanent. Both parks are always closed to auto traffic overnight and on weekends.
Earlier: Central Park drives open to cars through holidays
Central Park reduces car access
June 5, 2006 07:39 AM in Out of Manhattan, Sports, Transportology, Upper East Side, Upper West Side
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