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Car-Free Prospect ParkDon’t Drive, They Said. But a Few Didn’t Hear.Media Hit link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/nyregion/thecity/10park.htmlMedia Outlet: New York Times BlogDate: May 8, 2009 Image: ![]() THE sign, mounted on metal barricades across the Third Street entrance to Prospect Park in Brooklyn, is clear enough. "Do Not Enter Except Bikes," it reads. Image Caption: Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times -- The aim of the Prospect Park rule, said a city spokesman, “is to reduce the spots where cars conflict with people.”
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Locals Meet DOT, Blast Closing of Prospect Park ExitsMedia Outlet: Brooklyn EagleDate: May 14, 2009 WINDSOR TERRACE -- With two western Prospect Park car exits now closed since April 27, Community Board 7 officials finally met face-to-face with city officials to express their reservations and to co
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Infrastructure First, Development SecondSubtitle: Candidate Reilly’s Issues Include Mass Transit, Pre-K, Car-Free Park Media Outlet: Brooklyn EagleDate: August 20, 2009 CARROLL GARDENS -- Getting his activist feet wet at Rutgers University's Environmental Clinic and putting them firmly on the ground in Carroll Gardens as he walked through a growing list of neighbo
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Transit Debate Engages Park Slope CrowdMedia Outlet: Boro PoliticsDate: August 20, 2009 What is the best way to get from Point A to Point B?
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Where They Stand on Traffic, Bikes, Pedestrian Safety, TransitSubtitle:
New Website: Candidates for Council, Citywide Office Weigh in on Transportation Release Date: August 19, 2009 Press Release Contact: Wiley Norvell
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The Car Free Central and Prospect Park Bill
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Will create a trial summer closure of the Central Park and Prospect Park loop drives with the objective of creating safer, healthier and greener public spaces for New Yorkers to utilize. |
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A city plan to bar cars from driving out of Prospect Park at two key exits has excited cyclists and walkers -- and infuriated a neighborhood group that has long clashed with the city over automotive t
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