The pace restrict — a part of a broader redesign of the roadways in Central Park — will apply to all autos within the park, together with official metropolis motor autos and pedal-powered bicycles.
Non-public automobile visitors has been banned on Central Park Drive since 2018, and a city-wide 15mph pace restrict on e-bikes has been in impact since October.
The park drive has lengthy been a preferred vacation spot for highway cyclists, whose light-weight machines can cruise at or close to 20 mph — the present posted pace restrict within the park.
“This new 15 mph speed limit for vehicles and cyclists in Central Park moves us closer to our vision of a more people-centered park, making the Lungs of New York City more welcoming and establishing clear rules of the road that enhance quality of life,” Mayor Adams stated in a press release.
To attain the brand new, slower tempo, town can be utilizing its powers beneath “Sammy’s Law” — named for 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein, who was killed by a driver close to his dwelling in Brooklyn. The regulation lets the DOT set pace limits on particular person streets as little as 10 mph, relying on the road design.
The regulation requires a 60-day notification interval, that means the adjustments gained’t take impact till late February.
