Take Back the Bike Lanes with Bike Lane Uprising

[Judd]

A really awesome cyclist from Chicago has created a tool to map cars parked in bike lanes. The goal of the tool is to provide data for advocates to better advocate with enforcement officials and specific companies. Originally focused on Chicago, she has updated the site to include DC as well (New York is on the party as well). I’ve talked to the creator on Twitter and she’s pretty awesome and providing this tool entirely out of her own pocket. She’s also making updates based on user feedback.

If you’d like to sign up and contribute, please visit: https://www.whitehouseuprising.com/bikelaneuprising

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[Judd]

Made my first two reports on Bike Lane Uprising today. Fairly easy to submit reports.

https://twitter.com/LumberjackCycle/status/977006085965074433

[honestmachinery]

@Judd 176812 wrote:

Made my first two reports on Bike Lane Uprising today. Fairly easy to submit reports.

https://twitter.com/LumberjackCycle/status/977006085965074433

Saw that police/secret service car there twice this week. Wtf. Thanks for reporting.

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[Judd]

@honestmachinery 176814 wrote:

Saw that police/secret service car there twice this week. Wtf. Thanks for reporting.

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There is so much room on that street too. They also seem to enjoy partially blocking the other end with the restricted vehicle access sign which I have moved multiple times.

[CDFairlington]

Time is overdue to take back Arlington’s streets and sidewalks from the Bicycle Cult.

Tine for “Be a PAL” to mean “Policed Accountable Licensed”

[lordofthemark]

@CDFairlington 176979 wrote:

Time is overdue to take back Arlington’s streets and sidewalks from the Bicycle Cult.

Tine for “Be a PAL” to mean “Policed Accountable Licensed”

Hi Jim!

[Judd]

@CDFairlington 176979 wrote:

Time is overdue to take back Arlington’s streets and sidewalks from the Bicycle Cult.

Tine for “Be a PAL” to mean “Policed Accountable Licensed”

The All Powerful Bicycle Lobby wishes you the best of luck in your endeavor.

[CDFairlington]

@lordofthemark 176982 wrote:

Hi Jim!

Another spring-summer-fall like last year? Walking from one’s home to a bus stop unmolested by bicyclists is a right, not a privilege.

[cyarie]

@Judd 176989 wrote:

The All Powerful Bicycle Lobby wishes you the best of luck in your endeavor.

The All Powerful Bicycle Cult Lobby: Our Punch Tastes Suspiciously Like Stout.

[lordofthemark]

@CDFairlington 177042 wrote:

Another spring-summer-fall like last year?

I’ve ridden through Fairlington all winter, I sure hope to ride even more this spring summer fall than last year.

[ginacico]

Submitted my first two bike lane obstructions to Bike Lane Uprising today. Ironically both were along the route of WABA-sponsored Vasa ride.

M Street at 21st. Taxi completely obstructing the bike lane, while a large box truck passing in the travel lane prevented us from going around. I was following a dad and his kid on a tandem, and we were forced to stop and walk around to the taxi’s right. Tried to tell the driver to move, he got belligerent and wouldn’t budge.
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And again one block later at M Street at New Hampshire. Two delivery trucks, one partially blocking the crosswalk and one half obstructing the bike lane.
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If people are going to behave this dangerously in the infrastructure specifically built to separate vehicles from bikes, I’m happy to be part of the uprising.

Note: I had submitted the first once twice, by accident. Wasn’t sure it had gone through the first time, did it again (and now I know what to look for). Within minutes I got an email from the awesome people at BLU asking if they should remove one of the dupes. So cool that they’re watching out for us.

[infinitebuffalo]

@Judd 176812 wrote:

Made my first two reports on Bike Lane Uprising today. Fairly easy to submit reports.

https://twitter.com/LumberjackCycle/status/977006085965074433

maybe it’s just me, then–i find it actually kind of obnoxious…

[LhasaCM]

@infinitebuffalo 177333 wrote:

maybe it’s just me, then–i find it actually kind of obnoxious…

Agreed – especially for the repetitive nature of the reports I have to submit…

[Judd]

@infinitebuffalo 177333 wrote:

maybe it’s just me, then–i find it actually kind of obnoxious…

I had a really nice 2 hour conversation with the founder and got to see the next iteration of the site. It’s going to be streamlined and also grab location information from the picture. It’s still going to be web based but it will auto size to be compatible if you’re using it on a phone.

It could be that ease of submitting is a bit relative for me. I take my images off of a Fly12 camera so I actually have to export the video, find the right spot and then get a screen grab.

[ginacico]

@Judd 177335 wrote:

I had a really nice 2 hour conversation with the founder and got to see the next iteration of the site. It’s going to be streamlined and also grab location information from the picture.

I exchanged emails with her recently, in which she mentioned upcoming improvements for easier uploads. I figured they’ll pull geolocation and date/time stamps from the EXIF metadata on the pictures, which would save a lot of time clicking around.

My other complaint was that after you submit a violation, you’re supposed to get a popup window saying “Thank you…would you like to submit another?”. It’s wonky now — on my phone it never appeared, on my laptop I had to scroll to see it. They’ll fix that too, so it’s more obvious that your submission was successful.

It’s nice that they’re watching out for data integrity. My duplicate entry was noticed immediately and deleted. They’re also noticing trends in the data they receive. Yesterday they Tweeted a bunch of repeat offenders, vehicles who’ve been caught multiple times. Don’t underestimate public shaming via social media.

Chatting with a WABA staffer last weekend, they’re curious how BLU will work for advocacy. Enforcement is the missing link — it’s up to you to report the violations as soon as you see them, so the local jurisdiction can respond (or not, as is too often the case). But more data is always better.

[LhasaCM]

@Judd 177335 wrote:

I had a really nice 2 hour conversation with the founder and got to see the next iteration of the site. It’s going to be streamlined and also grab location information from the picture. It’s still going to be web based but it will auto size to be compatible if you’re using it on a phone.

It could be that ease of submitting is a bit relative for me. I take my images off of a Fly12 camera so I actually have to export the video, find the right spot and then get a screen grab.

Right…I’m already doing that (between trying to actually safely drop M off and not openly encouraging the parents to hate me, the Cycliq cameras are an easier way to go) – so then to have to fill out the form with location info./plates/etc. for the 3 or 4 photos per day at the same location is just too much. And since they’re screen grabs from the video, trying to pull info. out the metadata will not help.

But I fully admit that my scenario is probably not the normal use case they envisioned in setting up the collection instrument.

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