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 October 4, 2018 at 11:40am

200 W Randolph St. 311 report submitted.

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Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on October 4, 2018 at 11:43am

125 S Franklin St. 311 reports submitted.

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Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on October 4, 2018 at 11:46am

19 N Franklin St. 311 report submitted.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Weeks on October 4, 2018 at 1:57pm

CTA bus parked in Jackson Blvd. bike lane 1300 W. Jackson at 5:15 PM. Flashers on, driver chilling behind wheel. Sign in front window: "ACADEMY PRESERVICE SGT". There was plenty of space for the bus to park next to the curb. 311 report filed. Reported to Commander at the CPD Training Academy.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Weeks on October 5, 2018 at 4:42pm

Tonight there were *two* buses there. Maybe this is related to the anticipated verdict in the Laquan McDonald case, so I'll give them a pass. Next week: no more Mr. NiceGuy.