In 2014, the New York City Council proposed a study on the viability of banning vehicular traffic from the park's drives.[240] The next year, mayor Bill de Blasio announced that West and East drives north of 72nd Street would be closed to vehicular traffic, because the city's data showed that closing the roads did not adversely impact traffic flows.[241] Subsequently, in June 2018, the remaining drives south of 72nd Street were closed to vehicular traffic.[242][243]