 In later sections north of New York City, the roadways were typically divided by a wide landscaped median and provided service areas along the way that offered fuel and restrooms.During the 1930s, urban planner Robert Moses developed a system of parkways in the New York City area.In Robert Caro's biography "The Power Broker", he writes that Moses deliberately designed the parkways to have low bridges to prevent low-income families from traveling by bus to destinations outside of New York City.