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There have been cases of people painting crosswalks when the local municipality fails to take action. One guy got arrested some years back:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-05/painting-...

Another one was painted in NJ and was considered "criminal mischief":

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/09/05/suspect-painted-own-...

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FWIW I have a cousin who is involved in traffic planning in a different city in Ontario and said the eventual Hamilton response to the calming cones was fairly silly; they painted bump-outs on the road, which has very little traffic calming effect compared to physical barriers like cones or curbs.

Or bike lanes in New York:

https://untappedcities.com/2013/09/25/guerrilla-bike-lanes-a...

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