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DDC capital project HWK1048D's scope includes a protected bidirectional bike lane on the coastal side of Third Avenue spanning all points north of 29th Street but south of Hamilton Avenue, curling westward over the Hamilton Avenue Bridge. DOT's improvements to Third Avenue NEED to contemplate protected perpendicular cycling paths connecting points east of Third Avenue to this important future connection to Red Hook and Carroll Gardens. Right now eastbound and westbound cyclists crossing Third Avenue are in the way of poorly-parked cars and of pedestrians hurrying across the underside of the BQE, endangering all involved. At the S side of 20th Street a bollarded pedestrian crosswalk on the S side of the street should curl around the S side of the BQE's supports, and a dedicated, bollarded westbound bike path should curl around the N side of the BQE's supports. That way cars cannot encroach/park within the path of pedestrians/cyclists AND pedestrians won't be spooked by whizzing bikes. There is an existing westbound dedicated bike path on the S side of 20th Street between 3rd Avenue and 10th Avenue (!). At the S side of 21st Street a bollarded pedestrian crosswalk on the S side of the street should curl around the S side of the BQE's supports, and a dedicated, bollarded eastbound bike path should curl around the N side of the BQE's supports. That way cars cannot encroach/park within the path of pedestrians/cyclists AND pedestrians won't be spooked by whizzing bikes. There is an existing eastbound sharrows spanning the 20th Street thoroughfare between 3rd Avenue and 7th Avenue.
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