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In New York’s Central Park, pedestrians, horses and e-bikes battle for space
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A horse-drawn carriage travels through Central Park in front of an NYPD vehicle in New York City, on Aug 7.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Tim Balk
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NEW YORK – It happened too quickly for Ms Carrie Michaels to process.
She was riding along one of the Central Park drives on her carbon-fiber road bike, enjoying a pleasant spring afternoon in 2023. Suddenly, she was airborne. Then she was on the pavement, bleeding. Someone told her not to move.

