Premium ContentMouse over Home then click on Premium Content for information.You might have to put away your rickshaws during the College World Series.
And not just rickshaws; any horse-drawn carriage, pedicycle or four-person quadracycle could be off limits around TD Ameritrade Park.
The Omaha Police Department is asking the City Council to prohibit carriages on the streets around the ballpark for three days leading up to the CWS and continuing through the series' final day.
Lt. Darci Tierney, an Omaha police spokeswoman, said the rickshaw cycles were an issue the department has noticed.
With the CWS in its new north downtown location, even regular vehicle traffic can tie up the streets around the ballpark.
Tierney said the cycles stalled the traffic flow around the stadium. The department also is concerned about people's safety because the riders step into the street to load onto a cycle.
The ban would apply in an area from Abbott Drive and Nicholas Street on the north to Interstate 480 on the south, from 15th Street on the west to Riverfront Drive on the east. Regular bicycles still would be allowed.
The City Council, which will vote next month on the proposal, will hold a public hearing on the plan Dec. 6.
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