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 June 19, 2017 at 11:21am

144 S Wells St. 311 report submitted.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on June 19, 2017 at 11:24am

125 S Franklin St. 311 Reports submitted.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on June 19, 2017 at 11:26am

151 N Franklin St. 311 report submitted.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on June 19, 2017 at 11:30am

225 N Franklin St. 311 report submitted. I'm considering filing a police report. The driver followed me for nearly a mile, driving along side me and screaming out his open passenger window. I made several turns, and he continued to follow me. Near Kingsbury and Erie he was filming me with his smartphone. I yelled that I was going to call 911, and he turned east on Erie.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on June 20, 2017 at 5:32am

I filed a separate police report for assault.  Following a cyclist a few inches from the bike for nearly a mile, and verbally harassing the rider is stepping over the line. I would say it borders on aggravated assault, given that the driver was using his vehicle in a threatening manner.

I also filed a separate 311 report (Cab Feedback). Hopefully the city will take some action against the driver.

Lastly, I filed a 311 report (Bike Lane) asking that the bike lane on Franklin between Lake St and Wacker Dr be repainted. It seems these taxi/uber/limo drivers can't see the fading white lines along the no parking/tow zone that stretches the entire length of Franklin between Lake and Wacker.

This is another case where I wish I had a camera mounted on my helmet.

Permalink Reply by David P. on June 20, 2017 at 11:38am

Argonne,

Be sure to file a report here if you haven't:

https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bacp/provdrs/consumer/s...

BACP does follow up on these.

Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on June 20, 2017 at 5:05am

1747 W. Roosevelt Road - 06/20/2017 @ 11:00am

Flash Taxi 1342

311 report filed

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on June 20, 2017 at 10:44am

135 W Kinzie St. 311 report submitted.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on June 20, 2017 at 10:51am

520 W Harrison St. 311 reports submitted. Postal vehicles are getting pretty bad, too.

Permalink Reply by Maurice on June 21, 2017 at 5:15am

Two USPS vehicles were blocking the mouth of the Washington "protected" lane at Wacker this morning.

 

They did that all of the time when it first opened but must've gotten some sort of message and stopped doing it for awhile.  Now they're right back at it in full force.

Permalink Reply by Bruce on June 23, 2017 at 7:33am

Today at 11:50 AM 520 W Harrison

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on June 20, 2017 at 10:56am

101 S Franklin St. 311 report submitted.

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