An everyday occurrence, the CTA #12 buses driving the entire length of the 1700 block of West Roosevelt in the bike lane.

The officer was inside a 7-11 for at least 20 minutes just chatting with the store clerk. Must like those slurpies!

To me, your blocking the bike if at least one entire tire footprint is inside the lane, and not touching the stripes.

I didn't even notice the driver when I took the picture otherwise I would have mentioned it is illegal in Illinois to block a bike lane.

ok so it's a crap picture but it doesn't matter because when i came back it was gone so glad the police did their job! i did my best with the photo considering it was raining pretty hard when i did. sorry for the finger! anyway, this guy was parked on the corner of elston and ashland facing south. it's a light blue buick.

Not only does he block the bikelane but is also in front of a fire hydrant. I mentioned to him he was in violation of the law and his response was "someone is in the van and I won't do it next time." Once he saw me taking this picture, he had the person in the van move it (thanks!). While I was at this Starbucks, over the course of about 40 minutes, at least 20 cars pulled up and parked/stood in the bike lane to run in and get coffee, etc. There were often 3 or 4 in a row blocking the bikelane.

Once again the 152 bus standing in the bike lane around 5am on 06/09/2009 as the driver reads the newspaper (probably trying to find out how Patti, wife of the ex-Gov, is doing on 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here'). Got another extended honk as I called out - Get out of the bike lane!

I guess the CTA GM has either not talked to the driver yet or he chose to ignore it. This was taken at a little after 5am on June 5th in the 3600 block of SE Elston. The driver of this 152 bus was reading the newspaper - I don't care if he texts, has a coffee break, reads the newspaper, etc. - just don't block the bikelane, there is clearly enough room to park. I tried calling 311 as I was waiting for the light at Addison (yes, I stop at all lights, etc...I know I am an exception, but if we want the respect of the drivers, we need to follow the laws as well) but my cell phone was acting funny. Is was the same driver as the other day.

Came across a 2 for 1 in front of the UIC Medical Center this afternoon. Both the van and the car are in the lane although it might be hard to tell from these shots. The QD van driver was probably picking up or dropping off something medical, but still - stay out of the bikelane!

Came across a 2 for 1 in front of the UIC Medical Center this afternoon. Both the van and the car are in the lane although it might be hard to tell from these shots.

Right across the street from Taxi 3800 was this PACE van blocking the east bound bikelane. The driver's side mirror extends out quite a bit into the lane (at about head level).

Taxi standing out in front of the UIC Medical Center - blocking open parking spots as well as the west bound bikelane.

Snapped this shot as I was riding and before the driver pulled away - he gave me a smile and a honk as I was taking this. He is parked on the wrong side of the road (I was headed SE on Elston). Picture taken a little after 5am.

CTA bus parked in the SE bike lane on Elston - the driver was texting or something with his cell phone and gave me an extended honk as I hollered - Get out of the bike lane! Not sure why a CTA bus is on Elston since there is no bus route on Elston. Pictures taken about 5:00am - didn't get a good shot of the plate :-(

Almost every day I see this white Dodge Ram 1500 van (from Indiana!?) dropping off stacks of the Sun Times for this man who sells them under the stairs at the Clinton Pink/Green Line CTA station. Also, I believe AF is a retired Air Force plate -- correct me if I'm wrong.

The man in the picture is not the driver, he receives the newspapers. I'll try to get a picture of the driver.

This guy is here every day. I've told him this is not a parking spot.

Van is facing south on Clinton Street at Lake Street.

At the beginning of the Milwaukee avenue bike lane heading northwest from Desplaines Ave.

missed revenue - why not build a tattle-tale iPhone app, combined with something like SmugMug, an existing app that geotags photos, to bounce the information to local Dept. of Revenue office, which could then dispatch someone to write the ticket?

FWIW, I can't recall the date this was taken - I've been slacking of late.

A month and a half later and here we are again - parked in a Chicago bike lane. Not cool. I'm guessing this motorist hasn't been made aware of their violation by way of an orange and white paper.

This truck is parked in the bike lane and on the wrong side of the road.

I knew I had spotted this car before. I went back in my library to find violators I hadn't yet uploaded and found the Concorde again.

This motorist has a ticket. Thank you, District 12 police!

<sarcasm>The bike lane on this stretch is wide enough for many cars. So why not park here? </sarcasm>

The District 12 police have done an excellent job enforcing the northbound bike lane on Blue Island between 16th and 14th Streets.

A company's liability and fleet insurance would definitely decrease if the drivers would stop making parking violations.

There are plenty of reasons why people would be attracted to this block. There's a dry cleaners, a donut and coffeeshop, and a bank. And those are three great reasons why there should be different parking regulations; either a loading zone, parking meters (as exists on other blocks on Washington), or flashing lights zone.

The police have stepped up their game, and/or the nearby-dwelling motorists have begun obeying the laws, but parking in this northbound bike lane has severely subsided. Yay!

afternoon.

Morning commute.

Cars are very frequently double-parked on W Taylor in front of the italian ice place near UIC.

The italian ice really is good, what can I say. If you strain, you can see my reflection in the car's paint.

Love the vanity plates, bro!

evening commute.

i am thinking about starting to write poems to accompany these posts to keep things interesting.

2 cars on the evening commute.

Three today, plus one right behind this one with hazards on.

Supplied this vehicle with a complementary Chicagoland Bicycle Federation "Please Don't Park in Bike Lanes" flyer.

It appears that his fancy "i love firefighters" license plate and "fraternal order of police" stickers on the windshield have protected this illegally parked car from the nasty $100 bike lane fine.
Parked in the bike lane during evening commute. Supplied this vehicle with a complementary Chicagoland Bicycle Federation "Please Don't Park in Bike Lanes" flyer.

3 cars parked in the bike lane today on the evening commute. This one was foolishly parked unambiguously inside the tunnel, subjecting himself to an additional $75 on top of the $100 fine he should have received.

Supplied this vehicle with a complementary Chicagoland Bicycle Federation "Please Don't Park in Bike Lanes" flyer.

here's the other car. looks like he supports firemen. he also has 2 fraternal order of police stickers in the window.

shiny new beamer! this was on the morning commute ~9am.

This car has expired tags! Goodie!

2 cars today on my way home. This car is often in the bike lane, and today it had a suspicious laminated sign in the window that said OFFICIAL BUSINESS. OK, you are still parked in the bike lane, dude.

This one is gone every morning, and then reappears in the evening. I only catch it on my evening commute. great.

4 cars in the bike lane in front of the University Station condo building makes me 4x as angry.

4 cars today, what a delight.
talked to some condo residents, and then said that a lot of police officers live in this condo building. lovely.

4 cars in the bike lane today. 2 northbound, 2 southbound.

I love Fed Ex, but we've gotta be fair and post all violators, eh?

Neither driver anywhere to be found - no ticketing observed - no lights to indicate temporary nature of stop

...hm.

...and another one...

two cars parked in the bike lane. here is the other

Two cars parked in the bike lane. Here's one.

Second car parked in the bike lane today.