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Cyclists Angry City Map Puts Cars on Prospect Park's Vehicle-Free Lanes

 Pedestrians, runners and cyclists share the loop road in Prospect Park. Cars are allowed in one lane during rush hour on week days. A new petition is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to ban cars from the park.
Pedestrians, runners and cyclists share the loop road in Prospect Park. Cars are allowed in one lane during rush hour on week days. A new petition is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to ban cars from the park.
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PARK SLOPE — It's been nearly a year since cars were banned from the west side of Prospect Park, but a city map released Monday failed to note the change.

Prospect Park's West Drive is marked as open to vehicle traffic from 5 to 7 p.m. on weekdays on the Department of Transportation's 2016 NYC Bike Map, even after cars were banned 24 hours a day seven days a week from the park road in July 2015.

The map typo raised the ire of cycling advocates, some of whom fought for more than a decade to rid Brooklyn's backyard of cars.

A DOT spokeswoman told DNAinfo New York on Monday that the agency was aware of the error and was looking into it.

The 2016 city bike map lists a similar mistake for Central Park, where car-free hours were also listed incorrectly.

In Prospect Park, cars are still allowed on East Drive (the park road that runs inside the park along Flatbush and Ocean Avenue) from 7 to 9 a.m. on weekdays. On weekends, cars are banned entirely from the park.

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