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Riding on spruce st bike lane begining from 3rd till 23rd people been using the bike lane as a parking lane ,always parked cars at 3rd and 5th on spruce ;and same on pine street, between 22nd and 6th having to swerve around at least 10-12 parked cars , and when said something, got screamed and harassed to a fist fight, just kept riding. during the day i have had cars use the bike lane as a passing lane too,at spruce and 8th +9th +10th. do not feel safe in the bike lanes!
19 Comments
Paige Wolf (Registered User)
Hratch Babikian (Guest)
on daily basis this happens so much , I asked a bike cop what the rules are for the bike lanes, and the answer was ,it's up to the car drivers to give you the right of way, IN THE BIKE LANE?
I have had these instances with the cars doing this infront of Cops and ...Nothing. it sounds like it is a good samaritan rule ?, and not the rule of the road; even though we have clear signs up .
I think the better solution for a bike lane would have been what Ed Rendall had proposed , to take one street and make it a full bike lane , one side going one way and the other the opposite direction, no cars aloud on it , period.
Hratch Babikian (Guest)
on our way back on Pine street bike lane from 17th street down at about 6:30pm there was a police car with flashing lights in the bike lane using the lane as it had pulled over a car and writing them up. with very little room we had to swerve around that with full traffic going on in the dark in the next lane.
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jillonbike (Guest)
The biggest problem is delivery trucks whhours after Church services are over and the churches are dark.
Where's the enforcement, this is not just short unloading which we all expect.
David k (Registered User)
Hratch (Guest)
there was another 8 cars between 4th and 5th, 10 cars between 5th and 6th ,11 cars between 6 and 7th and the wapper of it all 14 cars parked in the bike lane between 7th and 8th. had to be zig zagging thourgh traffic and pedestrians all through out ,i was sharing the road with 4 other cyclists that came from behind and front. onmy way back I came down chestnut to 6th , I have no idea why they have a bike and bus lane there no car driver seems to car about those rules and signs, i got down 6th to pine street to get to my safe bike lane . well same thing it began from 6th allthe way down to front it was completly blocked by parked cars , I even over heard one guy getting in his car saying Oh parking is great on this street.
WHY ? WHY did they even Bother if the police and the city were not going to enforce this rule of the Road. i think the only time they will sit up and pay attention is when there is a tragedy...plus video.I have the idea of having a video camera going everytime I am going up and down the bike lanes.
jillonbike (Guest)
Join the Bicycle the Bicycle Coalition. We are working with the city to resolve these types of issues.
www.bicyclecoalition.org
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