iblockthebikelane.com - New Bicycle Awareness Campaigns
Hi Chainlink community!
I'm in the process of a launching a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of safety issues and laws related to bicycle lanes.
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Permalink Reply by Kelvin Mulcky on -
I just made a post on their wall on facebook.
Here's 50/Fifty's response: "Hey, Kevin. Thanks so much for bringing that to our attention. We'll make sure it doesn't happen anymore."
Cameron Puetz said:Be careful with 50/Fifty on Division. The valet started wieghting their sign so that it doesn't just trip over when you kick it. Sort of hurt my foot on Saturday.
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Permalink Reply by Cameron 7.5 mi on -
Thanks Kevin,
After talking to one the valet contractor’s people (Third Coast Valet) at another restaurant up the road earlier this year I’d given up on Third Coast being reasonable and worth talking to. I hadn’t yet gotten annoyed enough to complain to the alderman. I didn’t think to try the associated restaurant’s marketing people.
Kelvin Mulcky said:I just made a post on their wall on facebook.
Here's 50/Fifty's response: "Hey, Kevin. Thanks so much for bringing that to our attention. We'll make sure it doesn't happen anymore."
Cameron Puetz said:Be careful with 50/Fifty on Division. The valet started wieghting their sign so that it doesn't just trip over when you kick it. Sort of hurt my foot on Saturday.
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Permalink Reply by Melanie K on -
I received the iblockthebikelane.com cling stickers in the mail on Saturday, and happily put them in my pannier this morning to distribute along my commute. Lo and behold, not a single bike lane was blocked this morning....grrr. The one time I wanted the bike lane to have blockage. Hopefully, I will have better luck this evening.
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Permalink Reply by Bike Bloke on -
A link to http://chicago.mybikelane.com/ should be a 'sticky' post up there with the forum rules and 'what to do if your bike gets stolen'. I've only not posted because hitherto I didn't know about it. And when I did find it wasn't via The Chainlink. I especially like how the offending license plates are given prominence. Also, if you check out the city of Cardiff in the right hand column, you'll see this link to stickers that get put under windshield wipers of offending motorists:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50824599@N06/4666543262/
Sure, a lot of motorists will just trash it in the gutter, but if it raises awareness in just some of them, it helps. Is there a pdf out there or similar file that can be printed for distribution?
James BlackHeron said:I never understood why this site, MyBikeLane/Chicago never really took off. If everyone on this forum were to take the time (like 20 seconds to stop and yank out your camera) to photograph these violators and post them (another 5 minutes) on a daily basis there'd be a huge database of the worst offenders in town. Maybe something could be done. At least it would be something to point to when trying to convince city leaders that there is a real problem. But anyone looking at that site must only conclude that bikelane violating is not a problem in this city due to the almost lack of any posting on that site.
http://chicago.mybikelane.com/
I posted a few last year but I didn't want to be the only one posting so I cut way back on it. It has less authenticity if it is just a few people making all the noise.
Another good idea and hopefully one that actually takes off someday.
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Permalink Reply by Bike Bloke on
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I find that cops thinking they have a free pass blocking the bike lane while on lunch break especially egregious. I know they might have to respond to an emergency, etc, blah, blah, blah, but we all know that is not the real reason they can't run a few extra yards to a legit parking spot for the odd occasion they might get called in a hurry....
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Permalink Reply by S on -
The funny part is that pretty much all of the stickers are cycling related. If I had to guess, the owner races in both road and mountain bike races. I'm sure if you got some half-acre racers to look at the pics they could tell you whose car that is.
djm said:I dont know if theres any room left for a sticker:
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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on -
Oh, that is rich.
Maybe it is someone's wife/husband driving the jeep? I bet that the owner lives in the burbs too. If you spend any time on some bike forums you'll find a few riders who are extremely anti-urban riding or at least have no clue and unrealistic expectations about it.
Check out This Thread over at BikeForums.net by a path-rider who is upset that some roadies actually took the lane so they could turn left. He expected them all to do a "pedestrian left" at the crosswalk on the far side of the intersection so he didn't have to "go slow" for a hundred yards waiting to turn left.
Seriously. Not all people who ride bikes have a clue.
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Permalink Reply by Michael A on -
As far as I know that is not any of the HAC racer's jeep, we do give out sticker for free at races,events and at the brewery... this person seems to be a sticker junkie.. I also want you to all look at the signs in the pic. it CLEARLY says no parking in front of that black post, and to pay at the meter for parking behind it. I am pretty sure this looks like it is at the beginning of the protected bike lanes but if my car was ticketed there and I had these photos, I would surely win in court.
S said:The funny part is that pretty much all of the stickers are cycling related. If I had to guess, the owner races in both road and mountain bike races. I'm sure if you got some half-acre racers to look at the pics they could tell you whose car that is.
djm said:I dont know if theres any room left for a sticker:
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Permalink Reply by notoriousDUG on -
As much as I hate to bag on the suburbs I can;t help but notice the lack of city sticker on that Jeep...
James BlackHeron said:Oh, that is rich.
Maybe it is someone's wife/husband driving the jeep? I bet that the owner lives in the burbs too. If you spend any time on some bike forums you'll find a few riders who are extremely anti-urban riding or at least have no clue and unrealistic expectations about it.
Check out This Thread over at BikeForums.net by a path-rider who is upset that some roadies actually took the lane so they could turn left. He expected them all to do a "pedestrian left" at the crosswalk on the far side of the intersection so he didn't have to "go slow" for a hundred yards waiting to turn left.
Seriously. Not all people who ride bikes have a clue.
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Permalink Reply by notoriousDUG on
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I don't think you would because if you look he is clearly inside of the parking area in the protected bike lanes. you can see open space that may be an open spot in front of the car parked behind him. In the other picture it is not clear if that was a whole spot or just the end space of the parking but either way he is clearly inside of the bollards and in the middle of a bike lane.
Regardless of that if this person rides a bike they should be publicly shamed for this.
Michael A said:As far as I know that is not any of the HAC racer's jeep, we do give out sticker for free at races,events and at the brewery... this person seems to be a sticker junkie.. I also want you to all look at the signs in the pic. it CLEARLY says no parking in front of that black post, and to pay at the meter for parking behind it. I am pretty sure this looks like it is at the beginning of the protected bike lanes but if my car was ticketed there and I had these photos, I would surely win in court.
S said:The funny part is that pretty much all of the stickers are cycling related. If I had to guess, the owner races in both road and mountain bike races. I'm sure if you got some half-acre racers to look at the pics they could tell you whose car that is.
djm said:I dont know if theres any room left for a sticker:
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