A few of us have noticed off and on that there are trucks parked in the bike lane, blocking the bike lane, in front of the PCC, Epi apartments, and Baja Fresh.

Cranked Mag even wrote a little piece on it recently.

I talked to the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, they had their Safety Committee meeting today, and they knew about the problem but they redefined it for me. There is a truck loading zone in front of Pete's Coffee, but people ignore the little sign and yellow curb paint and park 3-4 cars in that space often enough and long enough that trucks can't use it....so they use the next space they find (or are told to use the next nearest space) which is the bike lane.

The Fremont Chamber of Commerce is pushing for better SPD enforcement and is asking SDOT to improve the sign and paint to make it easier to enforce. I will bring it up at the SBAB meeting, but it would help if more people can put their voice behind these requests.

It is kind of a dumb small thing, but it is more constructive than yelling at the truck drivers or the business management. It also happens right in front of some of the brand new wayfinding signs.

5. Implement the use of the "unscrew the pin in air fill thingy" Jake Ryder handed out a month back. Use on all illegally parked vehicles (Trucks as well as cars parked in the loading zone).

Yeh, then they'll DEFINITELY move faster.

BTW, advocating vandalism that could possibly endanger someone's life probably isn't a great idea to post on the internetz, just sayin. even tho these asshats are endangering ours. *grumble*

i'm pretty sure flat tires are safer than inflated ones.

flats make your car (or bicycle) handle differently, particularly at high speeds. to flatten someone's tires is endangerment, albeit pretty low.

i mean, hopefully drivers are aware enough that they'd notice the flat before getting on the highway, but rilly? i dunno, i've never been much one for driving :)

i mean, hopefully drivers are aware enough that they'd notice the flat before getting on the highway, but rilly? i dunno, i've never been much one for driving :)

Yeah: four flats are so easy to notice after you've gone a couple feet, speaking as someone familiar with automobiles and automobile machinery.

While it won't hurt any to talk about this in political forums, I doubt it will do any good. We already have the laws and rules we need for this problem.

THE TRUCKS ARE PARKED ILLEGALLY. That's all there is to it. SPD is actually pretty good about enforcement if you are a little persistent.

If you find somebody blocking a bike lane and you can possibly afford the time, make it your project to ruin their day.

1) Call SPD at 625-5011. Describe the illegal parking. Stress that it is creating "An immediate and severe safety hazard". Mention that people are being forced in to oncoming traffic.

2) Call The company that owns the truck. make a huge screaming overblown deal out of it. "SOMBODY COULD DIE THIS AFTERNOON YOU NEED TO COME DOWN HERE AND DEAL WITH YOUR TRUCK RIGHT NOW OMG"

3) Stay there until the police come. Be polite, but urge them to order towing.

4) Take lots of pictures. Of the truck. Of the license plate. Of the driver's face.

This really really does work. When I was commuting down Marginal way, I 100% eliminated bike-lane parking by doing this just a few times.

I'm not retarded, I was just...

1) Call SPD at 625-5011. Describe the illegal parking. Stress that it is creating "An immediate and severe safety hazard". Mention that people are being forced in to oncoming traffic.

2) Call The company that owns the truck. make a huge screaming overblown deal out of it. "SOMBODY COULD DIE THIS AFTERNOON YOU NEED TO COME DOWN HERE AND DEAL WITH YOUR TRUCK RIGHT NOW OMG"

The second I've put in the TOS. Happy hunting.

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Daryl: PLEASE set up a camera. this is an amazing idea. I will personally call multiple times per day.

I'll try to get this up by the end of the week. Gotta find the webcam.

I thought you had access to a whole-lotta of webcams.

I thought YOU had access to a whole lotta webcams!

Or are they all just pointed at my boat?

I can also: remotely open your bathroom door.

Brown note?

I thought you had access to a whole-lotta of webcam streams.