"Officers with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration are again parking cars in the bike lane on 10th Avenue, returning like junkies seeking a fix even after the city tore up and repaved the roadway earlier this month. On Monday, with fresh pavement practically still warm, DEA agents' cars still filled the curbside lane between 16th and 17th streets even though it was clearly marked as a bike lane. The cars blocked safe travel for cyclists, forcing them into traffic and close to passing cars."
"Perhaps that once-illicit act shamed the DOT into action: Within days of our joint video, the agency ripped up the pavement on 10th Avenue, a process known as milling. Two weeks later and the pavement was back, this time with a temporary bike lane indicated, as Streetsblog noticed on Sunday: And hours later, the roadway was again filled up with DEA cars, prompting our inhalation of the boogar sugar:"
DEA officers repeatedly parked in the curbside bike lane on 10th Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets, even after the city milled and repaved the roadway. Illegally parked cars forced cyclists into traffic and close to passing vehicles. Three of the cars that were illegally parked in the bike lane have a combined 27 camera-issued tickets for reckless driving. Prior protests included smoking a marijuana cigarette outside DEA headquarters and a Streetsblog stunt involving snorting an illicit substance beside the parked cars; that video was removed from YouTube. City Council Member Erik Bottcher pressured the Department of Transportation and the DEA; the DOT temporarily repainted a bike lane, but the DEA cars returned. Bike lane blockers are rarely punished or held accountable by the NYPD.
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