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Opponents of a controversial bike lane along Prospect Park West are offering a one-way compromise, suggesting the two-lane path be chopped in half.

“The entire community favors a regular one-way bike lane, which would neither place pedestrians in danger nor create the kind of choking traffic we see day in and day out,” Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes said in a statement yesterday.

The 130-member group has powerful backing — its leaders include former Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall, who is married to Sen. Chuck Schumer, and former Sanitation Commissioner Norman Steisel.

It says the city DOT is overstating the number of cyclists using the path since its installation.

The city says the lane has reduced motorist speeding and curbed accidents.

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