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
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225 N Franklin St. 311 report submitted.
Jesus f*cking Christ. 23 God d*mn reports today. A new one day record on a slow day with many folks off from work for the presidential funeral. WTF do we have to do to get the city interested in writing tickets?????????
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610 N Wells St. 311 report submitted. Vehicle was driving in the bike lane for over a block.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Weeks on
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That's a special person, and that's their personal left-turn lane. I see this often on Jackson between Desplaines and Jefferson, though less often since the lane markings were re-done. When it happens, it's *multiple* special people.
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408 N Wells St. 311 report submitted. It now appears that the CTA buses on Wells St have decided to use the bike lane rather than merge back into traffic after discharging passengers.
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Earlier this year when I was using crutches and a boot, I frequently rode the #7 bus from Union Station to UIC. They almost always used the bike lane on Harrison; I do have to say that the driver would merge into traffic if there were a bicycle in the lane. I wonder if this sets a bad example for car drivers though...
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