Comments on: Tour de Brooklyn: City is Considering Car-Free Central Park Trial http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/tour-de-brooklyn-city-is-considering-car-free-central-park-trial/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:49:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: SPer http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/tour-de-brooklyn-city-is-considering-car-free-central-park-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-32280 SPer Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:54:47 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/tour-de-brooklyn-city-is-considering-car-free-central-park-trial/#comment-32280 Well, cars in PP have me so unhinged that sometimes when riding through I cannot contain myself and start shouting about it. Why are there cars in the Park? Why are there cars in the Park? Why do we allow cars in the Park? We have to ask yourselves -- why are there cars in the Park? It makes no sense. Well, cars in PP have me so unhinged that sometimes when riding through I cannot contain myself and start shouting about it. Why are there cars in the Park? Why are there cars in the Park? Why do we allow cars in the Park? We have to ask yourselves -- why are there cars in the Park? It makes no sense.

]]> By: greg http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/tour-de-brooklyn-city-is-considering-car-free-central-park-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-32270 greg Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:39:25 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/tour-de-brooklyn-city-is-considering-car-free-central-park-trial/#comment-32270 yes please ...get the cars out of prospect park i personally dont give drivers any respect and quite often flip the bird to those selfish bastards yes please ...get the cars out of prospect park

i personally dont give drivers any respect and quite often flip the bird to those selfish bastards

]]> By: Efficiency Nut http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/tour-de-brooklyn-city-is-considering-car-free-central-park-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-32261 Efficiency Nut Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:28:33 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/tour-de-brooklyn-city-is-considering-car-free-central-park-trial/#comment-32261 Did I miss link to Streetfilms' great video? http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/tour-de-brooklyn-2007/ Did I miss link to Streetfilms' great video?

http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/tour-de-brooklyn-2007/

]]> By: SPer http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/tour-de-brooklyn-city-is-considering-car-free-central-park-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-32260 SPer Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:06:41 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/tour-de-brooklyn-city-is-considering-car-free-central-park-trial/#comment-32260 What about a permanently car-free Prospect Park? Cars in Prospect Park make no sense whatsoever. The park drives are not short-cuts in a mileage sense, and they are scarcely short-cuts in a time sense. If I remember correctly, drive times in the off-peak direction was increased by only 3 minutees during the recent trial closure of West Drive during the morning rush. I would wager that drive times would not be increased by a significant amount were the Park closed to traffic all of the time. I can say for sure that during the evening rush, Prospect Park West and Southwest are NOT filled to capacity. In contrast, during the period when it is light after 5pm and people are using Prospect Park for recreation and exercise after school and work, walkers, runners and bikers are crowded into one lane, while two lanes are dedicated to cars which almost always are transporting just one person (and are usually speeding). It boggles my mind that these are our priorities. There is plenty of room for these cars on the street and yet they are in the park, taking up valuable space and disturbing the peace of the park. I think it is time for a big campaign to get cars out of Prospect Park for good, and I think that campaign should kick off in the neighborhoods and park entrances on the south east side of the park -- communities where, presumably, some of this traffic is coming from and going to. What about a permanently car-free Prospect Park? Cars in Prospect Park make no sense whatsoever. The park drives are not short-cuts in a mileage sense, and they are scarcely short-cuts in a time sense. If I remember correctly, drive times in the off-peak direction was increased by only 3 minutees during the recent trial closure of West Drive during the morning rush. I would wager that drive times would not be increased by a significant amount were the Park closed to traffic all of the time. I can say for sure that during the evening rush, Prospect Park West and Southwest are NOT filled to capacity. In contrast, during the period when it is light after 5pm and people are using Prospect Park for recreation and exercise after school and work, walkers, runners and bikers are crowded into one lane, while two lanes are dedicated to cars which almost always are transporting just one person (and are usually speeding). It boggles my mind that these are our priorities. There is plenty of room for these cars on the street and yet they are in the park, taking up valuable space and disturbing the peace of the park.

I think it is time for a big campaign to get cars out of Prospect Park for good, and I think that campaign should kick off in the neighborhoods and park entrances on the south east side of the park -- communities where, presumably, some of this traffic is coming from and going to.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/tour-de-brooklyn-city-is-considering-car-free-central-park-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-32257 Glenn Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:33:09 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/tour-de-brooklyn-city-is-considering-car-free-central-park-trial/#comment-32257 Pretty different than "Parks are a critical piece of roadway infrastructure" Weinshall Pretty different than "Parks are a critical piece of roadway infrastructure" Weinshall

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