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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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1819 W. Polk Street

10/04/2017 @ 6:50am

IL R81 3042

I just got off the phone with the head of security at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. I was a bit surprised that I actually received a callback. We had a pleasant conversation regarding the traffic issues on Wells St near the bank, and the while we didn't completely see eye to eye, at least I got to air my grievances, and suggest ways that they could eliminate, or at least minimize, the problem.

140 S Wells St. 311 report submitted.

1 N Franklin St. 311 report submitted.

This was my 200th 311 report since late April 2017 when the code was added to the 311 system to report vehicles in the bike lanes. In less than 10 minutes twice a day I've managed to report over $30,000 worth of fineable offenses to the city. Of course, nothing has improved to date. I will be writing a followup letter to the 42nd Ward alderman asking why nothing is being done about this situation.

Uber driver License Plate ZZ5 1855 Illinois Plate- Toyota- illegally parked in bike lane 555 W Kinzie. Came close to hitting me when I rode past. Reported to Uber and 311

949 N. Elston Ave

10/04/2017 @ 4:20pm

Guy detailing his car - told me to "f*#k off."

IL AK81080

1737 W. Polk Street

10/04/2017 @ 3:57pm

Uber

IL JAYC

1737 W. Polk Street

10/04/2017 @ 3:57pm

IL V448085

No one in the car

125 S Franklin St. 311 report submitted.

75 S Franklin St. 311 reports submitted.

The police. Champions of biking. (To add insult to injury, I didn't notice the bike cops photo bombing the pic in the background. Going the wrong way down a one way, ignoring the illegally parked unmarked police car.) Anyway, this was today at 10:20 am, the car stayed there for a good while too. By city hall, on Washington in between lasalle and clark.

http://copsinbikelanes.tumblr.com/

which I found in this recent Village Voice article.

So fear not, Chainlinkers! We are not alone! Our sistren and brethren in Gotham suffer many of the same slings and arrows as we do.

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