Slowing Down Cyclists in Central Park
The city is moving ahead with a new rule: a 15 mile-per-hour speed limit for all vehicles on Central Park Drive, including bikes and e-bikes. How the city is approaching bike enforcement more broadly, plus an argument against the rule change.
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Show Notes
Sophia Lebowitz, reporter for Streetsblog, explains the new 15 mile-per-hour speed limit in effect for all vehicles in Central Park, including bicycles and e-bikes, designed to make the drive safer for pedestrians, while Neile Weissman, cycling advocate and contributor to Streetsblog, argues that more options for cyclists would be a more effective strategy.
Photo: cyclists in Central Park, 2011. Credit: Lynn Kim/WNYC.