(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) Neither New York City Mayor Michael Blooomberg nor City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is getting behind legislation banning cars from Central Park’s loop drives — even on a trial basis.

City Council member Gale Brewer’s bill has four co-sponsors. But no hearing has been scheduled, and both the Mayor’s office and Speaker Quinn said this week they had no official position on the measure.   The speaker generally controls the council agenda (and most of the votes in the heavily Democratic body), and legislation with her support tends to pass overwhelmingly.

A report on the Central Park Conservancy’s website says the presence of cars is one of the most common complaints.

Last week Brewer sent a letter to the mayor asking for a six-week trial closure this summer.  But the Mayor says he won’t discuss the matter until there’s a hearing, and a spokesman for City Council Transportation Chair James Vacca says there’s no room in the schedule for a hearing until September, at the earliest.