Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Adrian Benepe

Commish Benepe Gently Reminds “Parkies” to Drive Safely

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 13, 2007 | 5 Comments

For better and worse, the Parks Dept. seems to be popping up quite a bit lately. In July, Parks was spotted clipping locks and seizing bicycles in Forest Hills, Queens. And last week the agency revoked employee parking permits for Central Park’s East Drive. This week, a tipster sends along this Aug. 6 e-mail sent […]

Official Statement on Central Park Car-Free Hours Increase

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 31, 2007 | 30 Comments

As we reported yesterday, starting Monday, August 6, Car-Free time in Central Park will be increased by one hour in the morning on the Park’s West Drive. Here are the details from the Dept. of Transportation: New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today announced further […]

Parks Dept: Central Park Cyclists Must Stop at Traffic Signals

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 12, 2007 | 58 Comments

In Central Park the police will, supposedly, be handing out traffic tickets to cyclists who ride through red lights, even during car-free hours. Last year around this time, the police were running a bicyclist dragnet on Central Park’s East Drive at about 98th Street (which strikes us as kind of incredible given the lack of […]