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ScrumGuz t1_j1u19lg wrote

Reply to comment by Fiesta412 in Sir, my turn signal was already on by lestgobuffaslug

They definitely view bike lanes as free parking daily

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Fiesta412 t1_j1ue9q1 wrote

Yup. Bike lanes, in front of your driveway, conjestest the alleys... It just continues all the way down to Garfield. And even that area is starting to get a lot of " the weekenders"

"Weekenders- Those who come & visit on the weekends, evenings, or bop in a shop and feel entitled to do whatever they feel like. Typically the further from the city they live, the worse the entitlement gets.

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ScrumGuz t1_j1uglpt wrote

I started an ig (@bikelaneparking) of my daily loop less than a month ago of taking pictures of them on my daily loop and average about 5 per ride. Twice I have interacted with city cops that have just shrugged it off.

Reporting them with dashcam for your bike app (@dashcambike) is really the only effective way to for pgh DOMI to get a picture of how bad it is. You don't need to be on a bike to report it. And it automatically feeds into the Pittsburgh DOMI database.

But yeah the drivers in this city have really become progressively worse this winter in the "just gonna be a few minutes" leaving their car double parked in the road, bike lane, or in a loading zone etc. And it's almost always on Penn Avenue or Smallman in the strip. Negley and Brighton are two other really bad spots as well.

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Fiesta412 t1_j1vsq3u wrote

A serious tradgedy is about to happen w drivers doing whatever they want. Racing through the residential areas to find free parking and then leaving after having a few. I've seen many cars hit cars.

I witnessed a couple w a child try to cross Butler at the lightless crosswalk last Friday. 3 cars actually sped up rather than let them cross safely. Finally a car from each (edit) *direction stopped and let them cross. Its scary that bikers and pedestrians are not safe in their own neighborhoods. Or even those coming to visit.

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