Some Sidewalks & Bike Lanes Remain Treacherous As City Continues To Dig Out From Snowstorm arrow Snow covers a sidewalk near Dutch Kills Playground in Queens on December 20th. The cleared area is near a school. Twitter/@Tellythecairn Various bike lanes across the city and sidewalks were still full of snow several days after the storm passed. Some 600 snow clean-up workers, who the sanitation department hires temporarily, are out shoveling snow from street corners, pedestrians areas, and bike lanes on Sunday, according to the Department of Sanitation. The work was expected to continue into Monday. And alternate side parking rules have been suspended through December 26th for snow removal operations, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced in a tweet that did not sit well with New Yorkers who want the city to focus its snow removal efforts on bike lanes and other public pedestrian areas leaving dangerous, ankle-deep snow and slush at each street corner.