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 11, 2018 at 10:44am

225 N Franklin St. 311 reports submitted.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on September 12, 2018 at 10:42am

125 S Franklin St. 311 report submitted.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on September 12, 2018 at 10:44am

Suicidal pedestrian at Franklin and Washington. 'Stepped right in front of me without looking. She froze in her tracks when I let out a yell.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on September 12, 2018 at 10:45am

225 N Franklin St. 311 report submitted.

Permalink Reply by Ernesto Lube on September 13, 2018 at 1:01am

Yeah - parking on bike lane to get their Starbucks. 

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on September 13, 2018 at 10:57am

220 S Wells St. 311 report submitted.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on September 13, 2018 at 10:59am

225 N Franklin St. 311 report submitted.

Permalink Reply by Ernesto Lube on September 14, 2018 at 5:26am

Dearborn on Wednesday evening. Guy texting. 

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on September 14, 2018 at 6:47am

You trust people a lot more than I do, and I ride Dearborn every now and then when I can't face the prospect of going through Navy Pier/beach traffic.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on September 14, 2018 at 8:30am

Chicago *really* needs to implement the "Box" like New York. A vehicle caught in the box when the light turns gets a $115 fine. Of course, if they enforced it like they enforce the no parking in bike lanes law they'd wind up with practically zero revenue.

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on September 14, 2018 at 9:02am

When I moved to Chicago the intersections at rush hour had police directing pedestrians and  traffic with the lights. There's a lot more gridlock these days.

Permalink Reply by Robert C. Finley on September 14, 2018 at 7:35am

Happy Friday one & all. Old news to some I'm sure. They're hardening the Dearborn north/south bicycle lane south of zero/zero addresses east/west north/south. This shot this morning 7 am - they're replacing the plastic spikes w/concrete. As regular cyclists know - a determined Chicago motorist may still find a way...."what a perfect parking spot for my mini-cooper!!!" but it's an improvement. Good weekend to one & all. 

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