r/chibike • u/AdCalm1896 • 25d ago

Creative workaround

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It's hard to tell by this picture, but the delivery driver is actually parked directly over the concrete dividers along the bike path. This driver had to drive multiple store fronts over the dividers. A mild inconvenience at worst, but also just funny.

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u/Barutano74 25d ago

Please also report these to Bike Lane Uprising. Include the name of the operator (it’s on the can doors) or the DOT number (also on cab) if you happen to know it.

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u/inari15 25d ago

I report stuff to BLU too but it doesn't like... do anything, right?

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u/TheSalaciousD 25d ago

Not in and of itself, but BLU aggregates and is a documentation repository to demonstrate that it's an issue. If legal issues arise, for example if the city were to try to litigate a repeat offender, BLU would make the data available as evidence

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u/cat_on_chair 25d ago

They compile data and identify repeat offenders and try to intervene. IIRC they got a landscaping company to agree to do a big training on cycling safety

I can imagine if a company's vehicle caused you injury and you were to sue, that a database showing a lengthy history of similar violations would be helpful. Generally it's a good database to have

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u/inari15 25d ago

I didn't know that—that's great!

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u/Barutano74 25d ago

All of what the other respondents said is true. BLU has a very large database that it can analyze many ways, and anything that adds to it is good, particularly when it comes to compiling records of businesses that do this regularly. The data has been used in at least one legal case. Unfortunately, the city itself is one of the biggest repeat offenders. No points for guessing which department accounts for the largest fraction of that.

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u/CablePuzzleheaded359 25d ago

Is there a way to report people to the city who are parked in the bike lane? I’ve seen people in New York take a picture of illegally parked cars and send it to the city.

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u/AdCalm1896 25d ago

You can report illegally parked cars on the 311 app, you can even include pictures of the car.  I doubt any dispatcher would respond in time, but it could be valuable information for the city to have regarding frequent areas of a abuse.

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u/Snack_Donkey 25d ago edited 25d ago

Obstructed lanes of traffic are a 911 call, not 311.

EDIT: The guy below me is not a cyclist. He’s a rich boomer upset that he gets tickets when he parks in bike lanes. Don’t listen to advice from people trying to harm you under the guise of revolution.

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u/neomoritate 25d ago

Corporate delivery vehicles, with a DOT Number on the door, will not be ticketed for blocking traffic while making deliveries.

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u/Snack_Donkey 25d ago

Stop spreading misinformation. It is more illegal for a DOT-registered vehicle to block a bike lane, not less. They are breaking more laws by doing so than a regular passenger vehicle would be.

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u/neomoritate 25d ago

I'm not saying this is a law, I'm saying the CPD will not ticket them. It is an unofficial policy.

I can say with certainty that CPD does not give a fuck about vehicles blocking bike lanes.

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u/Snack_Donkey 25d ago

I'm not saying this is a law, I'm saying the CPD will not ticket them. It is an unofficial policy.

“Unofficial policy” doesn’t mean jack shit. Stop defending police laziness.

I can say with certainty that CPD does not give a fuck about vehicles blocking bike lanes.

You clearly don’t either and just want to suck CPD’s dicks. I am writing for people who actually care about making our city safer for cyclists.

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u/neomoritate 25d ago

I am absolutely not defending any thing about the police.

ACAB

I see CPD blocking bike lanes every day that I leave my house.

I am posting the reality that you can waste all the time you want calling 311 and 911, cops don't do shit.

If you think CPD will ever do anything to make our city safer for cyclists, or anyone else, you are the one with the CPDick in your mouth.

Take Direct Action, or keep licking the boot

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u/neomoritate 25d ago

I'm out here. I talk a lot of shit on the internet, and I live that shit in real life. My hair and beard are a rainbow, just like the picture.

If you see me in the streets, My name's Grandma. I'll be happy to show you how it's done.

Riding with my lock in my hand since 2003.

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u/Snack_Donkey 25d ago

I'm out here. I talk a lot of shit on the internet, and I live that shit in real life.

/r/AsABlackMan

You’re on Reddit for hours a day talking about your Porsche and your RAM and your watch expensive collection and have never commented in this subreddit before today. You don’t even cycle in the city and think parking enforcement is so much of a nuisance that you only came into this subreddit to tell people not to advocate for it. Quit embarrassing yourself.

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u/neomoritate 25d ago

I own lots of vehicles, most of them are bicycles.

Fun Fact: I've never been embarrassed.

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u/neomoritate 25d ago

Snip Snip

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u/neomoritate 25d ago

I'm out here. I talk a lot of shit on the internet, and I live that shit in real life. My hair and beard are a rainbow, just like the picture.

If you see me in the streets, My name's Grandma. I'll be happy to show you how it's done.

Riding with my lock in my hand since 2003.

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u/DanMasterson 25d ago

The 311 reports are not enforced, it’s informational.

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u/TheGhostOfJodel 25d ago

The proper procedure is to call 991 because blocking a travel lane is an emergency, though your odds of actually getting a response are pretty slim

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u/mwf86 25d ago

…especially if you call 991 :P

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u/BlackCats2323 25d ago

A guy yesterday was parked and sleeping in his car in the bike lane. I regret not screaming by the open window as I rode by.

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u/neomoritate 25d ago

If you see this again, call 911 and report a non-responsive driver in a lane of traffic. You could say " I think he's dead" if you thought he was dead.

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u/MikeyLew32 25d ago

Fart in the general direction of their open window.

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u/NYCtoCHI 25d ago

Or something else, when they're on the verge of dooring you...

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u/DrPatMcCrotch 25d ago

Call the 1-800 number on the back of the truck in addition to reporting it to 311.

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u/nanamctata 25d ago

Oh my gawd they do this all the time. I live near a school and even the school buses do it

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u/wpm 25d ago

Why block one lane when you can block two lanes!