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 DerferMark on May 8, 2017 at 4:33pm

This is cool.  Protecting bike lanes with bodies...  http://www.bicycling.com/culture/sf-cyclists-protect-riders-with-a-...

Permalink Reply by Shalini on May 9, 2017 at 11:05am
Randolph PBL. Smiled and waived me off before I took his photo. Then he ran the red.
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Permalink Reply by Mark on May 10, 2017 at 3:10am

Your photo best illustrates why I avoid the Randolph  PBL and ride in the driving lanes.  Cars are always turning into the parking garages.  There are no right hooks in the traffic lanes.

Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on May 10, 2017 at 3:24am

Or left hooks... the closest I've come to getting nailed lately was a driver pulling into a parking lot across the Dearborn PBL - between Congress and Van Buren.

 

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on May 10, 2017 at 4:18am

My commute home takes me north on Franklin St. between Jackson and Hubbard. For the past year there has been construction adjacent to the bike lane just north of Randolph St. They have a construction wall coming out right up to the right edge of the bike lane. On occasion there have been large construction vehicles staging in the bike lane, e.g. cement trucks, flatbeds with steel beams. Given that it's an active construction site, and the blockages don't happen all that frequently, I've basically given them a pass.

However, yesterday there were 3 or 4 pickup trucks parked in the bike lane. They had placed orange/white construction sawhorses to the left of the trucks, which forced me out into traffic. It sure as heck didn't look like a temporary blockage. Instead, it appears that they were simply using the bike lane as a free parking area.

If they are there again today I'm definitely going to submit a 311 report. I can live with a temporary block given the active construction, but not as a semi-permanent parking lot.

Permalink Reply by Maurice on May 10, 2017 at 4:40am

There's a specific request type for that:

311 --> Bicycle Program --> Construction Blocking Bike Lane

Permalink Reply by Coach Mike on May 13, 2017 at 2:08am
Parked in bike lane in front of Starbucks at Piper's Alley, North Ave and Wells.
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Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on May 15, 2017 at 12:40am

3534 N Elston Ave - 05/15/2017 @5:45am

plate # 235366

311 report filed.

New New bike lane stripes - yay!

Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on May 15, 2017 at 1:26am

1850 W. Roosevelt Rd - 05/15/2017 @7:20am

IL G56 4251

311 report filed.

Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on May 16, 2017 at 1:30am

1852 W. Taylor Street - 05/16/2017 @ 6:50am

Naptime!

311 report filed.

Permalink Reply by mike w. on May 16, 2017 at 2:13am

Maybe when you encounter a commercial vehicle in these circumstances you may want to see if there's a "how's my driving?" sticker or a company phone number on it to call and complain. It may get better results in the long run than calling 311 or a ward office. Maybe you already do so. i have done and it usually gets the message across to the offending driver more directly.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on May 16, 2017 at 2:40am

I did that with my encounter with a Flood Brothers trash hauler earlier this year. The owner of the company basically told be to f*ck off.

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