"Sammy's Law does not authorize the 15-mile-per-hour park speed limit, the club argues in court papers, because the law states that a 15-mph limit can only be applied to "motor vehicles" and only when done in conjunction with traffic-calming measures that reduce the "the negative effects of motor vehicle use, alter driver behavior and improve conditions for non-motorized street users such as ... bicyclists.""
"Beyond legal process, the New York Cycle Club considers the speed limit an existential threat to high-level training in the park since riders operate above 15 miles per hour in order to prepare for sanctioned races - just as Olympian Kristen Faulkner did before her gold medal performance at the Paris games in 2024. Central Park is the only such infrastructure in Manhattan approp"
New York City lowered the bicycle speed limit on Central Park Drive to 15 miles per hour under authority the Department of Transportation cites in Sammy's Law, passed in 2025 to allow lowering car speed limits to 20 mph. The New York Cycle Club filed a lawsuit arguing the 15-mph park limit exceeds the law because the statute limits 15-mph reductions to motor vehicles and requires accompanying traffic-calming measures that reduce motor-vehicle harms, alter driver behavior, and improve conditions for non-motorized users. The club contends the change must occur through formal rulemaking or legislation and warns the limit endangers high-level training in Central Park.
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