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LONG OVERDUE: Mayor Acknowledges His Failure to Provide Safe Cycling Routes through Central Park
"The empty promises need to stop," said one activist.
July 3, 2021
Central Park Boss Will Consider Activists’ Dream of Safe Cross-Park Routes
"Bicycle and pedestrian safety in our city's parks is extremely important," Mitchell Silver told Streetopia UWS in response to its sustained advocacy for better routes through the park.
March 2, 2021
Parks Commissioner: ‘No One Ever Asked Me About Safe Cycling in Central Park’
The headline above is simply not true — and we have the paper trail to prove it.
January 27, 2021
Monday’s Headlines: Weekend Ride Edition
It was quite a Sunday: A Santa ride in Jackson Heights, more pedestrian discrimination on the Upper East Side, and a memorial ride for a beloved pediatrician who was killed in Central Park because the Parks Department and the Central Park Conservancy don't care about cyclists. That, plus all the news.
December 7, 2020
A Year Later: Central Park is No Safer Than When Beloved Doctor Was Killed
One year after a cyclist was killed by a bus driver on one of Central Park's transverses, nothing has changed to make riding crosstown through the park safer, a flagrant disregard for the memory of the beloved doctor and a simple lack of ongoing concern for bike riders.
November 29, 2020