The bike counters found that there was an average of 486 cyclists per hour on Vanderbilt overall — evidence that cyclists want to use Vanderbilt. But they especially want to use it when the open street is in effect: there were 514 cyclists per hour during open street periods vs. 394 cyclists per hour when the roadway is almost entirely set aside for cars, save a narrow painted bike lane. "Those numbers are significant; they show that people want to be cycling even where the infrastructure isn't as safe as it could be," said Vanderbilt Avenue open street organizer Alex Morano. Vanderbilt between Atlantic Avenue and Grand Army Plaza, and Underhill Avenue, are part of a larger DOT project to reconfigure Gand Army Plaza and its surrounding blocks. "Grand Army Plaza is a great public space that's currently bisected by dangerous traffic, marring Frederick Law Olmsted’s original design that envisioned the park and the plaza as one cohesive public space," said Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Ben Furnas.