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 Bike Lane Uprising on August 20, 2017 at 4:15am

It would be more surprising if you didn't see at least one car parked in the bike lane at this post office.  

I've tried so many times to inform these drivers they are parked in bike lanes and that the bicyclists are being forced to pass them into bumper to bumper traffic.  I also tell them that there is free parking just a head and they simply do not care.

Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on June 13, 2017 at 1:52am

2300 N. Elston Ave - 06/13/2017 @5:50am

311 report submitted.

Budget Truck rental

Permalink Reply by Tim on June 13, 2017 at 5:55am

These Budget trucks are getting to be a problem over there.

Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on June 13, 2017 at 1:54am

1308 N. Elston - 06/13/2017 @ 6:00am

311 report submitted.

Private security (Prudential, I think it was - thought the picture was clearer when I took it).

Permalink Reply by Tim on June 13, 2017 at 4:56am

Watch out for this car. This morning around 8:35 going eastbound on Washington, this car started driving in the bikelane after turning from Canal, going to the parking garage. She had to stop because of traffic and I was able to scoot through but I bent down to look in the window to tell her that she was in the bikelane. She started screaming at me with her windows close and as soon as I got in front of her car, she revved her engine and learched forward slightly.   I got off my bike and confronted her about it on the passenger side and she screamed that she was turning and that "I better get the f out of her face". Watch out for this car.  I snapped the picture after she told me that I better watch out because she's going to remember my face.

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on June 13, 2017 at 5:02am

That seems more like a 911 call than a 311 call to me.

Permalink Reply by Tim on June 13, 2017 at 5:45am

Agreed, but I wanted to let people know to watch out for this car. Also, the car is more copper colored than it looks like in this picture.

Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on June 13, 2017 at 10:49am

225 N Franklin St. 311 reports submitted.

Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on June 14, 2017 at 12:26am

2295 N. Elston Ave - 06/14/2017 @ 5:50am

311 report filed

Budget

Permalink Reply by Tim on June 15, 2017 at 5:14am

I took this pic and submitted to 311 online Tuesday evening at around 5:30

Permalink Reply by Cheryl on June 15, 2017 at 8:13am

Glad I'm not the only one reporting the Budget trucks. Thanks! :-)

Permalink Reply by Tim on June 15, 2017 at 9:49am

Let's keep on the 311 and get this solved! I'm always hurrying to pick up my toddler in the evenings, but I'm hoping to see if the Budget office is open sometime to talk to them about this too.

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