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What's this doing in the bike lane?

Share your pics, videos, streets, stories of what you find in the bike lane of the non-bike variety that has an impact on your ride and/or your safety. I've decided to keep it a little more open ended - cars, snow, buses, garbage, cabs, etc. If they shouldn't be in the bike lane, go ahead and add it to this thread. Please be safe if you are taking pics or video! :-) 

My hope is that we can collectively build some evidence of what we see when riding in the city with the overall hope of better enforcement of "bikes only" and improving maintenance. 

Update: More Hashtags to Capture Vehicles in the Bike Lane

With popular hashtags:
#BikeLaneShaming

#LaneSpreading (Chicago Bike Selling)

#ClearTheWay (ActiveTrans), there are many options to capture violations.

We think you should use ALL of them AND post your photos on The Chainlink. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on January 19, 2017 at 10:27am

Has anyone called 311? Is there anything that can be done after the fact? There is certainly no active enforcement. Heck, one cop on Franklin during the evening rush could easily write dozens of tickets. I've seen 2 to 5 violations in less than 10 minutes on my ride home. 'Sure sounds like a cash cow to me.

Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on January 19, 2017 at 2:22pm

What's this doing in the bike lane? Getting tickets!

This morning in the new(ish) bike lanes on Blue Island in Pilsen. I called 311, got connected (annoyingly) to 911, made my report and within an hour these two cars had shiny new tickets affixed to their windows. 

I should note that there were legal, unmetered street parking spaces available within 50 feet or less of each vehicle. 

Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on January 19, 2017 at 2:34pm

YES! These are the best to see. Hopefully this is a new trend?

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on January 19, 2017 at 3:11pm

Oy veh. What nimrods. I can only assume they had mechanical issues, although one could easily coast 50 feet to the open parking spot.

Permalink Reply by Ben R. on January 19, 2017 at 3:17pm

Huzzah! Its nice to see some enforcement.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on January 20, 2017 at 4:17pm

Another day, another cast of clowns.

Permalink Reply by Bruce on January 20, 2017 at 4:23pm

I can't remember when I took this screenshot... It looks like it was a report from IDOT. Cleaning off my desktop and opened it up. How ironic!

One time I was riding by here and a dude parked right in that spot. I stopped and asked him to move over into the open and legal parking spot. He told me where to go of course. Expressed his anger over the bike lane even being there.  It was, of course, a big SUV. Due walked into the pet store that was there and I followed him inside asking him to move from the bike lane.  Probably shouldn't do that but sometimes I do.

Permalink Reply by HumanPoweredTransportation on January 24, 2017 at 2:50pm

My town's Business Improvement District in Ithaca, NY paid for this image as the cover of a report:
Trouble is, that street is (foolishly) a one-way street--in the other direction from the way that person on a bicycle is traveling. (flawed) Image by HOLT Architects.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on January 23, 2017 at 5:29pm

Six cabs using the bike lane as a cab stand

Permalink Reply by HumanPoweredTransportation on January 24, 2017 at 2:51pm

What's their reaction if you park your bike directly in front of them (especially if they can't put it in reverse)?

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on January 24, 2017 at 3:58pm

My guess is that it could get ugly very quickly. Bike vs. cab. Not quite a fair fight.

Permalink Reply by Gage B. on January 24, 2017 at 4:53pm

When are cab drivers going to go out of business? It can't happen soon enough.

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