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Cities Closing Park Roads to Cars

Before and after a road closure in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Photo: Christopher Duderstadt

Park agencies are closing their roads to cars, either permanently or periodically, to improve their parks' environment and to help citizens enhance their physical and mental health. A survey of big cities by the Center for City Park Excellence found that at least 22 park drives, totally more than 40 miles, have been closed to cars either all or part of the time.

Download the PDF of the article that orginally appeared in the July, 2008 issue of Planning magazine below. The article contains a table of parks with road closures.

To find out more about the issues involved in road closures in city parks, feel free to contact the Center for City Park Excellence.

Posted 7/2008

Road Closures in Parks Article