After going car-free on Central Park’s main drives in 2018, the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation has been preparing to wrap up a study on electric bike usage in Central Park. The results will help decide whether those electric bicycles will still be permitted inside the park.
A bill is now sitting in wait before the New York City Council that would ban the use of electric scooters and bikes with electric assist in any park in the city, including Central Park.
It follows a city pilot launched in 2023 to allow any bicycles, e-bikes, and e-scooters that are legal to operate in NYC streets to also ride on park drives, including the Central Park and Prospect Park loops. The pilot also allowed those e-bikes, bicycles, and e-scooters to ride on greenways such as the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway…