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CLOSE CALL: The bike lanes end abruptly, forcing cyclists into traffi c on Fourth Avenue.
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and parked cars to merge into the one
open lane of traffi c on either side of the
avenue and continue their rides, while
the other half simply gave up, dismounting
them on the sidewalk.
The construction nightmare more
or less negates any convenience the
partial bike lanes offer, according to
another cyclist, who blasted the city
and state agencies for not coordinating
to complete the cyclists’ paths before
the subway construction.
“You have these four blocks of
pretty good protected bike infrastructure,
and then on either end of it you’ve
got kind of a traffi c mess,” said John
Tomac, who lives in Bay Ridge. “It
would’ve been nice to see them put in
the protected bike lane before the construction
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Authority and city Transportation
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ruled out diverting resources to
Fourth Avenue, however, and will
continue to liaise with state transit
leaders about traffi c issues, according
to Grimpel.
“We are always willing to talk to
our partner agencies regarding community
concerns,” he said.
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their two-wheelers to walk
agencies are working with each other
to manage traffi c, construction, and
safety measures in the area.
And the city agency’s rep added that
workers will paint another stretch of
the bike lanes, from 38th to Second
streets, later this year, with plans to
install the 39th–59th street stretches
of the paths after the state agency fi nishes
But the current chaos on Fourth
Avenue is reason to doubt those claims
that city and state offi cials are keeping
each other in the loop, according to
Laufer, who predicted the traffi c nightmare
board meeting with agency reps last
summer .
“I did not really understand DOT
putting part of the bike lane that terminated
said. “I think most city and state agencies
with each other.”
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The disconnect between city and
state agencies on the Fourth Avenue
traffi c issue is just the latest example
of government offi cials at all levels
failing to properly serve their constituents,
“It’s a failing of how these situations
get dealt with in New York City,”
he said. “Somehow the two agencies
can’t seem to coordinate. This is indicative
city, and in Sunset Park.”
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would cause at a community
at the construction site,” he
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