Update, Friday, February 15, 2019: The plan was set to take effect Friday, but it was delayed because of construction. The city parks department said once the work is complete horse-drawn carriages will move into the park.

A sign on Central Park south reads, "Horse Drawn Cabs Only," but they will soon have to start hoofing it somewhere else.

A Manhattan judge on Wednesday ruled in favor of Mayor Bill de Blasio's push to reign in the horse carriage industry by banning carriages from waiting for passengers outside the park.

The carriage drivers say the plan will hurt business because the horses will be moved out of public view.

A month ago, the plan was blocked in court. But on Wednesday, a judge said shifting the boarding area for passengers to five locations within Central Park falls within the city transportation department's power to regulate the roadways.

For tourists, though, hitching a ride with the soon-to-be-abandoned system of horses lining up on Central Park South is preferable.

"It was much easier to get on the subway, get off right here, we walked right here, I would not have known where to go in the park it's too big," said one New York City visitor.

Nevertheless, some residents say they cannot wait for the horses to relocate.

"I think that they'll be better in the park because in the sidewalk you have all the cars, they kind of take up space, and oftentimes you find it's hard for traffic," said one New Yorker.

The ruling is a long time coming for de Blasio, who campaigned on a promise to ban the carriages all together on day one of his administration.

An animal rights group known as NYCLASS, which has been a big de Blasio donor, said, "Carriage horses will be subject to less heat and humidity throughout the summer and will no longer have to contend with cars and their exhaust traveling right next to them."

But the carriage industry says the horses have long coexisted with traffic, and parking on the hills in the park could actually more problematic.

"It's not like a road people are driving cars over here, this where you park the horses for so long," said Michael Angilucci, a horse-drawn carriage driver.

NY1 reached out to the transportation department about what level of enforcement will be taken on the horse-drawn cab drivers if they continue to park on Central Park South, but they have not commented as of this writing.