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Eyes on the Street: Guerrilla Bike Lane Separation on Bergen Street

Streetsblog reader and former Manhattan Community Board 2 standout Ian Dutton has hit upon a low-cost way to keep the Bergen Street bike lane clear of NYPD squad cars. The short piece of Bergen between Sixth Avenue and Flatbush is routinely blocked by the 78th Precinct's vehicles, so Ian took advantage of some idle Con-Ed construction posts (they had been left by the curb during some utility work) to clearly mark off the bike lane. The markers went down on Monday and they kept the squad cars out at least until Wednesday evening. Today Ian reports that Con-Ed is using the cones to direct traffic away from a cut in the street, and the separation is gone -- for now.

Ian bravely decided to claim responsibility for this act of guerrilla bikeway design. It's a good thing we're not in Indiana, where livable streets vigilantes have to operate in the shadows.

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