"As a result, the roadway is a confusing mess featuring a protected bike lane on one side of 31st Street between Broadway and 30th Avenue that isn't technically in effect. As a result drivers mostly leave the future bike lane clear on the east side of the street between Broadway and 31st Avenue, but have turned the block between 31st and 30th avenues into a default double-parking lane: Drivers are parking along the curb and in the offset parking lane DOT painted over the summer."
"For much of the remainder of the project area - from 36th Avenue to Newtown Avenue - DOT has stenciled but not painted the markings for the future bike lane. "If there was a way to make 31st Street even more dangerous than what it was, it's what you have now: three lanes of parking on some stretches and a lack of clarity for drivers and cyclists," said John Surico, an Astoria resident and organizer of the nearby 31st Avenue open street."
A partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria remains unfinished because a Queens judge has not yet ruled on a lawsuit challenging the plan. The city stops painting when temperatures fall below 40 degrees, so installation risks being delayed until next year. Work was halted after opponents sued and Judge Cheree Buggs issued a stop pending her decision. The inconsistent implementation has produced confusing roadway conditions: a non-enforced protected lane on one block, double-parking where painted parking was removed, and stenciled but unpainted markings elsewhere. DOT's redesign calls for parking-protected lanes on both sides.
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