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Car-Free Prospect ParkCar-free park? Council bill would ban behemoths among Brooklyn’s boughsMedia Outlet: Brooklyn PaperDate: March 29, 2011 A Manhattan lawmaker wants to ban cars from Prospect Park -- a plan that would tame the "hectic pace of city life," its chief supporter says.
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Gale Brewer Introduces Bill to Make Central Park, Prospect Park Car-FreeMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: March 23, 2011 Image:  Upper West Side City Council Member Gale Brewer introduced legislation today that would restore Central and Prospect Parks to their original car-free status. Image Caption: City Council Member Gale Brewer reenergized the fight for car-free Central and Prospect Parks by introducing a bill in the City Council today. Image: nyc.gov.
Submitted by volunteer on April 11, 2011 - 15:47. categories [ ]
Car Ban Proposed for Central, Prospect ParksMedia Outlet: NBC New YorkDate: March 23, 2011 Image:  The City Council will consider new legislation that would ban cars from Central Park and Prospect Park in a move to free up space and keep walkers, joggers and bikers safe. Image Caption: Central Park could be car free.
Submitted by volunteer on April 11, 2011 - 15:19. categories [ ]
Statement on Councilmember Brewer’s proposed car-free Central and Prospect Park BillStatement by Paul Steely White, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives Release Date: March 23, 2011 Press Release Contact: Brian Krapf
Submitted by noah on March 25, 2011 - 16:10. categories [ ]
Don’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: ![10park.span[1].jpg](http://www.transalt.org/files/newsroom/media/2009/images/10park.span[1].jpg "10park.span[1].jpg") 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.”
Submitted by volunteer on November 4, 2009 - 16:46. categories [ ]
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?
Submitted by volunteer on October 29, 2009 - 13:51. categories [ ]
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
Submitted by ali on August 19, 2009 - 10:44. categories [
The Car Free Central and Prospect Park Bill
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.
Submitted by lindsey on May 13, 2009 - 15:38. categories [ ]
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