A New Era: The Sanitation Department Has Plowed the PPW Bike Lane
We have some late-breaking news courtesy of the New York Cycle Club's Twitter feed. The Prospect Park West bike lane has been plowed.
By
Ben Fried
7:52 PM EST on January 3, 2014
We have some late-breaking news courtesy of the New York Cycle Club’s Twitter feed. The Prospect Park West bike lane has been plowed.
Three years ago, this bike lane was impassable for days, maybe even weeks, after monster snowfall at the end of 2010. Now it’s 2014 and the lane was cleared the same day the storm stopped. Also, Marty Markowitz is no longer Brooklyn borough president. Coincidence?
Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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