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====Bicycling route====
[[Cycling in New York City|Bicycling on Fifth Avenue]] ranges from segregated with a [[bike lane]] south of [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]], to scenic along [[Central Park]], to dangerous through Midtown with very heavy traffic during rush hours.<ref>[http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bike/cwbm.shtml New York City Cycling Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219231944/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bike/cwbm.shtml |date=February 19, 2016 }}, New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 27, 2009.</ref> There is no dedicated bike lane along Fifth Avenue.
In July 1987, then [[New York City Mayor]] [[Edward Koch]] proposed banning bicycling on Fifth, Park, and Madison Avenues during weekdays, but many bicyclists protested and had the ban overturned.<ref>Dunham, Mary Frances. [http://www.transalt.org/files/resources/blueprint/features/parkandmad.html "Bicycle Blueprint – Fifth, Park and Madison"], [[Transportation Alternatives]]. Retrieved April 27, 2009.</ref> When the trial was started on Monday, August 24, 1987 for 90 days to ban bicyclists from these three avenues from 31st Street to 59th Street between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays, [[mopeds]] would not be banned.<ref>Yee, Marilynn K. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/25/nyregion/ban-on-bikes-could-bring-more-mopeds.html "Ban on Bikes Could Bring More Mopeds"], ''The New York Times'', Tuesday, August 25, 1987. Retrieved April 27, 2009.</ref> On Monday, August 31, 1987, a state appeals court judge halted the ban for at least a week pending a ruling after opponents against the ban brought a lawsuit.<ref>Higgins Jr., Chester. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/04/nyregion/bike-messengers-life-in-tight-lane.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/B/Bicycles%20and%20Bicycling "Bike Messengers: Life in Tight Lane"], ''The New York Times'', Friday, September 4, 1987. Retrieved April 27, 2009.</ref>
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