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 Kathy Schubert 'n Suzy Schnauzer on April 6, 2016 at 7:16am

Just yesterday I encountered a slow moving horse and wagon in the Clybourn bike lane.  I didn't think to take a photo.  But I wish they wouldn't use our bike lanes.

Permalink Reply by JeffB on April 12, 2016 at 6:27am

There was a delivery truck in the Washington bike lane just east of Wacker this morning, with an empty cross-hatched space right next to it at the end of the BRT station. I was looking for the driver when I noticed a ticket taped to his window. Wish I'd taken a picture.

Permalink Reply by Sam I am on April 14, 2016 at 9:30am

From Dearborn to Clark on Harrison there is a JTA School daycare and everyone stops in the bike lane  EVERYDAY to pickup their kids and its in the middle of rush hour!!   Also look at the Mail truck on the eastbound bikelane....he is there everyday too!

Permalink Reply by R W on April 14, 2016 at 9:43am

Don't get me started on that JTA School. I live in the neighborhood and ride past daily. They opened around the same time the Harrison St PBL went in, and that spot instantly became a problem. I reached out to the school- they insist that they have a permit to have a loading zone in the bike lane. Apparently they submitted an application for the loading zone, and decided that was good enough to tell parents to park in the lane. I've tried to raise the issue with Alderman, but they don't care either. I've gotten into some pretty good shouting matches right there, but they usually end with me saying something along the lines of "I'm glad you're such a good example for your child." Once, one car refused to pass me all the way to the Lower Wacker turn, and caused a nice traffic jam behind her.

Permalink Reply by Sam I am on April 14, 2016 at 9:49am

I like the bikes but I think you meant to upload something else. LOL!!!  Yes I am in the hood also and see this all the time...there are some parents who follow the rules and use Clark street loading zone which is on the corner so why would the city approve another to the same building.

Permalink Reply by R W on April 14, 2016 at 9:54am

Edited with intended photo from above.

From last week, in the same spot. 

Permalink Reply by R W on April 14, 2016 at 9:57am

And apparently re loading zone use: from what I recall, loading zones "belong" to whatever business got the permit for them (how this is enforced or why it possibly makes sense is beyond me). But anyways, that one on Clark "belongs" to the condo building with the entrance right there, so JTA made the argument they couldn't ask parents to use it, and would need their own. 

Permalink Reply by Maurice on April 14, 2016 at 1:14pm

Aren't loading zones indicated by signs?  The only sign I see near than spot is a no parking sign.

Permalink Reply by Sean Newby on April 14, 2016 at 1:22pm

Yes, loading zones are indicated by signs. My understanding from filing permit applications with the city is that until an actual permit is issued none exists. An application doesn't cut it.

And while a business does pay for the loading zone in front of their entrance/loading dock, etc. I have never seen anything that says they have the exclusive use of it. Short of having a police officer monitoring the loading zone I don't see how it could be enforced either.

Permalink Reply by Sam I am on April 14, 2016 at 9:34am

One of these things is not like the other.....one of these doesn't belong....Can you guess?

Permalink Reply by Maurice on April 14, 2016 at 1:18pm

I took the Clinton lane this morning for the first time in awhile and was immediately reminded why I don't usually take it.  At the Jackson entrance, I immediately was greeted by a pickup truck parked at a 30 degree angle blocking half of the lane.  The other half was filed with 4 men standing around and talking to the guy in the pickup.   Between there and Washington, I counted no fewer than 8 other people standing in the lane or crossing it without even a sideways glance.

 

This was around 10:45, so there weren't a lot of people out there.  It just seems like most of them thought it would be a good idea to obliviously stand in the green paint.

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on April 18, 2016 at 1:09pm

Waiting for and getting picked up and dropped off is a favorite of Uber and taxi people.

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