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 September 12, 2017 at 10:32am

125 S Franklin St. 311 report submitted.

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Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on September 12, 2017 at 10:34am

225 N Franklin St. 311 report submitted.

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Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on September 13, 2017 at 5:20am

A rather frustrating experience this morning. I was riding on west Harrison, and came across three cars parked in the bike lane across from the Greyhound station (I'll post pics later). As I was taking photos, a Chicago Police SUV drove by, ignoring the cars in the bike lane. The officer stopped at the red light at Jefferson, and I rode over to his drivers window, and signaled him to roll down his window. I asked him why he just ignored the three vehicles illegally parked in the bike lane. He said he was on his way to traffic court, and didn't have the time. Uh huh. He asked if he should call it in, and I said yes. 'No idea if he did, but I'm guessing no.

Face it, we're on out own here. We're not going to get any support from the city.

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Permalink Reply by Teresa on September 13, 2017 at 6:40am

Where is the ATA on this? I had a similar encounter with a bike cop when I asked him about enforcing the "no adult cyclists on sidewalks" law. He seemed unaware of the law, and completely uninterested in doing anything about it.

I'd like to see some ATA advocacy.