Originally Posted by
punkinevil
It seems that we cyclists should have been involved with these meetings much earlier on, but I certainly didn't know about it since I don't live in CB7.
Actually, we were. (NB: I'm not chiding either you or other folks on this list.)
Checking my notes from the 11 Jan 2016 scoping meeting, there were a bunch of folks present who ride bicycles in Riverside Park. At that meeting, we weren't a majority, but I wasn't there by myself. (I've had that experience too.)
Margaret Bracken (DPR's landscape architect) was explicit about her frustration that people riding bicycles couldn't be completely prohibited from Riverside Park. City Council Member Helen Rosenthal wasn't at the 11 Jan 2016 meeting, but her representative who was there was also explicit: CM Rosenthal's agenda is to get people on bicycles off the water level path; no compromises; no negotiations.