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 BikeScnhook on October 15, 2018 at 1:47pm

Start with social media.

Permalink Reply by Ernesto Lube on October 15, 2018 at 1:53pm

Does Uber really scold their drivers for this?

Permalink Reply by BikeScnhook on October 15, 2018 at 1:57pm

No idea.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on October 15, 2018 at 10:45am

123 N Franklin St. 311 report submitted. Once again, notice the large empty parking spot along the curb.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on October 17, 2018 at 9:05am

700 S Halsted St. 311 report submitted.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on October 17, 2018 at 9:10am

798 S Halsted St. 311 report submitted.

Permalink Reply by Ben R. on October 17, 2018 at 9:20am

this one takes the cake  kinda glad I woke up with a fever today and didn't bike in...  https://blockclubchicago.org/2018/10/17/driver-goes-down-downtown-b...

Permalink Reply by Robert C. Finley on October 18, 2018 at 4:12am

Just for grins. Noticed earlier re-posting from block club web site (Ben Raines posted here). What jumped out for me in that article "...Chicago Police officers were called to the area at about 8:57 a.m., but they couldn’t find the car or the person who had called police,..."

https://blockclubchicago.org/2018/10/17/driver-goes-down-downtown-b...

So - as far as CPD is concerned - they've done their job? IL plates clearly visible - s42 8289. How much more evidence do they need?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Weeks on October 18, 2018 at 4:38am

Exactly.

Maybe they think it was PhotoShopped. <_/p>

Seems inconsistent: they'll send you a ticket based on a red-light camera, but won't pursue something more egregious like this. Go figure.

Permalink Reply by Ben R. on October 18, 2018 at 7:30am

I agree - though I think the standard does have to be higher than someone posted a pic to the internet - maybe if the original photographer/videographer walked into a station and swore out a statement/filed an official police report vouching for the photo as evidence of a crime. Then the police could/would follow up on it as if it were a robbery, crash or other crime that does not require them to witness it directly the way that moving violations seem to require the police to directly witness? this does seem to pretty clearly cross that 'egregious' line?

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on October 18, 2018 at 10:49am

297 S Franklin St. 311 reports submitted.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on October 18, 2018 at 10:53am

78 N Wells St. 311 reports submitted.

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