By Carol Tannenhauser

Talk to anyone who walks their dog in Central Park before 9 a.m., when the leash laws go into effect, and chances are they’ll say the same thing:

“Best part of my day.”

That was true for me even before I made a small alteration in my longtime daily route, which has made the experience even better. In fact, might I say, I have solved the problem of crossing the drives in Central Park.

Let me explain.

To get into the middle of the park, I used to cross West Drive, entering at Central Park West and West 81st Street, then following a path to the drive, which hasn’t had cars since 2018, but is jammed with bicycles and pedestrian traffic nevertheless. Every morning I would stand, seething, across from a universally disregarded traffic light as swarms of bikers sped by.

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