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  Acknowledged City of Oakland (Verified Official)

  The City of Oakland Call Center has received this issue. Your service request ID is #781935. Please check back for status updates, or contact us directly at 510-615-5566.

  12/22/2017 · Flag Flagged
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  james g. dashe (Registered User)

  i live in the neighborhood and it's this block and the one just south along telegraph that are the most consistently blocked by a(t least one) parked car

  12/22/2017 · Flag Flagged
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  TOM (Registered User)

  How is this a violation? The vehicle is parked in a marked/metered spot, and the "Bicycle Lane" is clearly visible.

  12/23/2017 · Flag Flagged
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  Drew Levitt (Registered User)

  That's not quite right, Tom - at this point along Telegraph, the parking is offset from the curb (that meter applies to the black SUV, which is legally parked) and the bike lane is adjacent to the curb. The thin strip in between the two cars is actually a buffer zone so that legally parked cars' doors don't swing open into the bike lane.

  But you raise a good point - maybe the curb itself should be painted red to indicate that curb-adjacent parking is illegal. I suspect it is not painted red because the city doesn't want to confuse drivers as to the legality of parking in the offset, legal space. Parking-protected bike lanes are a pretty new thing and maybe this is an aspect of their design that should be reevaluated.

  12/23/2017 · Flag Flagged
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  Robert Prinz (Registered User)

  

  This is what the bikeway looks like without any cars parked in it, showing the bike lane markings, hash marks in the buffer space, and green dashed paint at the intersections. The vast majority of drivers are parking in the floatin spaces correctly, with just a small percentage still entering and stopping in the bikeway, whether knowingly or unknowingly.

  As opposed to more ticketing, it would be great for the city to move forward on their plan to install flex posts in the buffer space between the parking and bike lane, planters in the tan “no parking” areas, and signage along the street explaining the floating parking. We have been hearing from staff about these plans for many months, but they have still not yet been implemented and misuse of the bike space and “no parking” spaces has continued in the meantime.

  12/23/2017 · Flag Flagged
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  TOM (Registered User)

  Drew, if what you are saying is true, then, at least from the angle this photo is taken from, the S.U.V. appears to be illegally parked (front end seems to be further forward than the meter). If where the pick up truck is parked is in fact the bike lane, it needs to be painted green. You may want to contact the City of Oakland Call Center directly (on Tuesday) at (510)615-5566, and ask them to transfer the call to the City Traffic Engineering Division.

  12/23/2017 · Flag Flagged
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  Drew Levitt (Registered User)

  Thanks for your concern, Tom. It might help to paint the parking-protected bike lane green, but it'd be (1) expensive, (2) unnecessary - as Robert points out, most drivers now understand how to interact with this facility, and (3) legally superfluous: there is no legal requirement that bike lanes or paths be painted green. Green paint is used to attract attention to the presence of people on bikes at crucial junctures like bike boxes and driveway crossings.

  12/23/2017 · Flag Flagged

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