"It's a very simple question: Why are agents with the federal drug enforcement administration allowed to park in the 10th Avenue bike lane? Ever since we started asking it back in September, we've gotten no answers from the Department of Transportation, which spent considerable time, effort and money to build a double-wide protected bike lane from 14th to 52nd streets only to see it rendered useless between 16th and 17th streets because Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized it for parking."
"But no answers can provide clarity regarding why two branches of government are conspiring to force cyclists into traffic, where they can be killed or maimed. We protested by smoking a joint in the bike lane. We ramped it up by snorting a suspicious powder. On a recent day, I was back to take ayahuasca, the psychedelic drug known for revelatory visions and inducing vomiting. (It's like War on Drugs meets War on Cars.)"
Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration are parking in the double-wide protected 10th Avenue bike lane built between 14th and 52nd streets, rendering the segment between 16th and 17th streets unusable. The Department of Transportation has provided no explanation for the obstruction. The seized bike lane forces cyclists into mixed traffic, increasing the risk of serious injury or death. Activists have staged provocative protests inside the bike lane — smoking a joint, snorting a suspicious powder, and taking ayahuasca — to pressure authorities to relocate DEA parking. The continued impasse between DOT and DEA demonstrates a failure to protect safe bicycle infrastructure.
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