Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ken Coughlin

A pro-car Upper West Side resident rises to defend his entitlement at the CB7 Transportation Committee Meeting in 2019. Some CB7 members are sorry that the body passed a resolution asking the city to consider curb uses other than parking. Photo: Eve Kessler

IT’S A DRAW: CB7 Panel Passes ‘Parking’ Resolution, But ‘Consensus’ Must Be Had

By Eve Kessler | Dec 11, 2019 | No Comments

Proposal to study whether private car storage is best uses of public space advances — at a price.

CB7 Transportation Committee Chairman Howard Yaruss makes a point at the board's December 2019 meeting. Photo: Screenshot

Entitled Car Owners Win Battle in Upper West Side War on Ultimate Perk: Free Parking

By Eve Kessler | Dec 4, 2019 | No Comments

Mere mention of alternatives to "free parking" sets off hysteria at a community board meeting.

Yes, it's scary: A pedestrian peers at the Central Park intersection where a cyclist collided with a pedestrian. Former Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe says the park is too dangerous. Photo: Eve Kessler

Ex-Parks Commissioner: I Won’t Bike in Central Park Anymore

By Eve Kessler | Sep 2, 2019 | 113 Comments

A delivery man on a e-bike wiped out after striking a pedestrian at a dangerous intersection. What's the city going to do about it?

A cyclist going downhill on the Hudson Greenway bike bypass confronts a driver on a Parks Department-only path at 79th Street. The offending dumpster, which apparently had already been moved out of the path, is on the right. Photo: Ken Coughlin

Eyes on the Street: Fresh Hazards for Riverside Park Bike Bypass

By Eve Kessler and Vivian Lipson | Jul 15, 2019 | 22 Comments

The Parks Department is protecting pedestrians by sending cyclists up and down a steep, confusing path — and watch out for that Dumpster!

The city is being sued to block a protected bike lane on Central Park West — where Madison Lyden was killed last year. Photo: David Meyer

CPW Gets Protected Bike Lane (Yay!) And Loses 400 Parking Spaces (Yay!)

By Eve Kessler | Jun 12, 2019 | 48 Comments

It’s a pretty sizable win in the ongoing war against cars.

Ken Coughlin, Leading Car-Free Park Activist, Suffers Heart Attack

By Aaron Naparstek | May 13, 2008 | 19 Comments

Ken Coughlin, occasional Streetsblog contributor, long-time coordinator of Transportation Alternatives’ Car-Free Central Park campaign and all-around mensch suffered a heart attack on Saturday. T.A. board member Jeff Prant and executive director Paul Steely White visited Ken at St. Lukes Roosevelt on the Upper West Side on Sunday. They say he’s in relatively good spirits and […]

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