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 20, 2017 at 10:58am

225 N Franklin St. 311 report submitted.

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Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on June 21, 2017 at 1:47am

1850 W. Roosevelt Road - 06/21/2017 @ 7:30am

IL G56 4251

311 report filed

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Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on June 21, 2017 at 11:54am

2300 N. Elston Ave - 06/21/2017 @ 4:30pm

Budget and others

311 report filed

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Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on June 21, 2017 at 11:55am

2295 N. Elston Ave - 06/21/2017 @ 4:30pm

Budget and others

311 report filed

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on June 21, 2017 at 12:36pm

If you call yourself a "green" company, don't cut over into the bike lane, cutting off a cyclist (me) with the risk of slamming into the back of your van. Oh, you didn't realize it because you were on your phone? AWESOME. BTW, no parking in the bike lane!

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Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on June 22, 2017 at 2:13am

2300 & 2295 N. Elston - 06/22/2017 @ 5:55am

Budget trucks

311 reports filed.

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Permalink Reply by Fran Kondorf on June 22, 2017 at 3:36am

Well, c'mon- they're on a Budget, so they can't afford to pay to park all those trucks legally. /s

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on June 22, 2017 at 3:47am

hehehe. good one!

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Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on June 22, 2017 at 11:21pm

LOL. When I pedaled through that area on Thursday afternoon, in the light rain, there was no one blocking the bike lane! There was a Budget truck parked in such a way as to avoid being in the bike lane by parking on the sidewalk. :-/