Trucks on the Lake Front Trail

Nearly every morning, I witness 40-foot trucks driving on the Lake Front Trail. The trucks take up the entire width of the path, and knock over tree branches onto unsuspecting joggers and bikers. They are creating a dangerous situation by funneling two way running/biking traffic into the narrow shoulder, while blocking view of the oncoming lane. I should also note that the trucks are moving, and not just parked on the trail. How are they even getting access to the trail, and who is continuing to allow this to happen?

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Permalink Reply by Carter O'Brien on July 18, 2013 at 7:20am

I don't see why it would be terribly unreasonable to restrict the deliveries before 7 am.  But on the other hand, today I had to avoid 2 stonkin' huge delivery trucks on just the 900 block of Belmont at 7:30, but saw none on the LFP. 

I think the bigger root issue is the monopolization of the space itself that the restaurant takes up.  It is a relatively new addition to the lakefront, if anyone is wondering.

We're always told that these revenue-generating things (like my pet peeve, the big 4 person bike-cars) are necessary and make us tons of money, but I'd like to see the numbers.  I'm betting some are, but that most are pretty piddling and are far more of a nuisance than a benefit. 

At the end of the day I'd trade the occasional truck on the LFP in the morning if it meant we could remove the concessions they place literally adjacent to the path along the most congested points between Fullerton and Navy Pier.

Permalink Reply by WillG on July 18, 2013 at 7:57am

That's because you can't tell a casual beer drinker that the beer is an American Pilsner, they'll have no idea what that equates to.

In the battle to win over the hearts and minds of shitty Lite beer drinkers, sometimes you need to get dirty, and describe a good beer as tasting like a shitty one, even if just to trick someone into trying something new.

h' 1.0 said:

One of the New Belgium guys at Saturday's TdF described one of their beers as a "Bud-Light Style Pilsener" and I almost took off running in the other direction...

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

The fact that it's piss-water Bud Light being delivered is just salt on the wounds.

in it to win it 8.0 mi said:

Probably wouldn't be such an issue if it were a Fat Tire truck delivering some nice Ranger IPA!

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on July 20, 2013 at 5:17am

Permalink Reply by SlowCoachOnTheRoad on July 20, 2013 at 12:13pm

Stop complaining.  Just grab a beer.

Permalink Reply by GabeW (not the other Gabe) on July 23, 2013 at 4:08am

Twice now there have been Divvy trucks parked in the turn lane at the inner drive and Michigan at 5pm on a weekday.  That intersection is already a poorly designed and signaled bit of road, not to mention the unclear use of the lanes.  During rush hour there is no parking on that stretch of road in front of the Drake and cars use it as two lanes.  Not sure if that's the intent or just what ends up happening, but whenever cars are illegally parked there (and often immediately ticketed) it creates a hazardous situation with cars not able to see that the lane isn't clear and the bottle neck backs up to chicago ave.  Bikes often weave in and out of the cars along that stretch of the inner drive, and the last time it was backed up like that I saw one almost wipe out trying to skip the curb to avoid the traffic and another woman nearly rear end a SUV she was trying to weave around.  Combine that with locals wanting to drive 80 and tourists driving 20 and it's just a mess. 

The first time was when they were installing the Divvy station and it was a large box truck, the last time was last night and it was an oversize van that looked like it was doing maintenance on the bikes.  At least last night it was a few car lengths back, the first time it was right at the stop light parked in the turn lane.

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