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Business places hazards in bike lane on Edgewood. Cars often parked in bike lane, especially Atlanta police cars opposite Thumb's Up.
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Business places hazards in bike lane on Edgewood. Cars often parked in bike lane, especially Atlanta police cars opposite Thumb's Up.
14 Comments
atlantabike (Guest)
Acknowledged by ABC. We suggested putting in "tow zone" signs along the Edgewood bike lane, especially near the Boulevard intersection and across the street from Thumps Up. The city is going to do it - we'll see if it works.
If you ride by after the tow zone signs go up, you can call it in to 911 and ask them to send a tow truck.
Acknowledged Anonymous (Guest)
Barry (Guest)
It does seem strange to use the emergency call-in number for this, I must say.
First, it's no emergency. Second, it's about 100 percent unlikely that a tow company will hook its gear up to a cop car.
Better solution: stop bike; walk into Thumb's Up; (very) nicely inform the cops that there are, like, 10 miles of on-street bike lanes in the city and they're using one of the busiest for parking; and last, would it be all that hard to do the right thing?
MidtownCommuter (Registered User)
Does this still happen? I bike this route daily, and haven't seen problems (except for immediately at the Edgewood/Boulevard intersection, which is a separate ticket). It may be a time-of-day, thing, which is why I'm asking.
There are "No Parking" signs and other similar signage letting people know that cars aren't supposed to park there. Which is about the best I think can be done, outside of individuals calling in reports to the police.
I think a lot of people are concerned about using 911 to call for a tow truck as well. Is there a non-emergency number to call that can be published somewhere?
Len (Guest)
Rebecca (Registered User)
I think this is mostly a weekend occurence...
But during the week it's happening very frequently throughout the day just down the street. I had lunch at Thumbs Up Monday and as I was leaving at 1 pm there were two cars parked in the bike lane down the street at the Blvd intersection (where it's most common).
It was the pizza shop owner and his delivery guy! They said they'd move after I asked nicely. But asking every single person in the city who conveniently forgets this is a bike lane seems inefficient...
MidtownCommuter (Registered User)
Looks like I'm eating crow on this one. Four cars were parked in the bike lane heading West on Edgewood, right at Boulevard. I took several pictures.
I have to ask, though, what would be the criteria for closing this issue? There are "No Parking" signs all along the strip, which I photographed. If cyclists start calling to report these vehicles and have them ticketed, I imagine the problem would disappear quickly.
I personally don't want to call 911 to report non-emergency issues, though. Again, is there a better number to call?
MidtownCommuter (Registered User)
MidtownCommuter (Registered User)
Rebecca (Registered User)
Len (Guest)
Len (Guest)
Len (Guest)
And why does it matter whether this is on the weekend or not? Do car lanes become parking spaces on Saturday and Sunday?
Michael (Registered User)