Green Backs Car-Free Parks Goal
Mark
Green's campaign for mayor of New York City has informed transportation
reform and environmental groups that he supports the goal of removing
car traffic from the loop roads of Central and Prospect Parks.
The current Transportation Alternatives magazine reports
that the mayoral campaigns of Alan Hevesi, Fernando Ferrer and Peter Vallone
all back a three-month trial traffic closure of the parks (MTR
#316).
Green said that he would have the city transportation
and parks departments investigate potential traffic impacts of the closure
and devise mitigation measures if such an analysis shows potential problem
spots. With mitigation in place, the park roads would be made into permanent
refuges for cyclists, runners, skaters and pedestrians.
