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Queens Quay East near Freeland St

Queens Quay E/Freeland St, Toronto, ON

Driver pulling over to ... rummage in her bag. QQE is so wide and traffic is so light she could probably have pulled over outside the bike lane and still been okay.

reported by thelemur
on Thu, Sep 02 2010
Tags: none

ON  AZJP115
1 violation

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Astral Out of Home

annete and pacific, Toronto, ON

Parked in the bike lane while working on a TTC bus stop. Breaking city laws while working on city property - nice irony.

reported by PASD
on Thu, Aug 26 2010
Tags: astral

ON  B136YK
1 violation

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Three deep in the bike lane

Runnymede and Bloor, Toronto, ON

It's the Bloor West Village equivalent of a drive-thru: parking in the bike lane while sauntering in to McDonald's. Also: the delivery spot of choice for the next round of Big Macs.

reported by torontocyclist
on Wed, Aug 25 2010
Tags: none

ON  BDBV903
1 violation

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Canada Post on Annette St.

Annette and Keele, Toronto, ON

There's a Canada Post facility on Keele St., between Dundas West and Annette. Canada Post park their large trucks in the westbound bike lane on Annette St. very frequently. And not just to stop quickly. Often there is no driver in the truck, and I have even seen them sleeping at the wheel.

Equally disturbing is the fact that at least one Canada Post cyclist working out of this facility is a total douchebag. Yesterday he left the facility with mail bags around his shoulders. As I waited for a red light a bit further ahead, he blew through the light passing me on the right and hit me with one of his bags. Then proceeded to wobble around in and out of the bike lane for the next few blocks. (Note: The cyclist in the photo is NOT the douchebag from Canada Post)

reported by vic
on Wed, Aug 18 2010
Tags: annette,canada post

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UPS in the bike lane

College and Beverley, Toronto, ON

reported by PASD
on Mon, Jun 21 2010
Tags: delivery,ups

ON  TH7062
3 violations

1 comment Comments


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Truck in the bike lane

College and Beverley, Toronto, ON

reported by PASD
on Mon, Jun 21 2010
Tags: none

ON  BBTE228
1 violation

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Astral Out of Home in the bike lane

College and Beverley, Toronto, ON

reported by PASD
on Mon, Jun 21 2010
Tags: astral

ON  8056YK
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Purolator in the bike lane

spadina and beverley, Toronto, ON

reported by PASD
on Mon, Jun 21 2010
Tags: delivery,purolator

ON  6811HY
3 violations

0 comments Comments


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Toronto Police

St George St, Bernard Ave, Toronto, ON

Toronto Police cruiser parked in bike lane in front of a 'No Stopping' sign, even with abundant parking space available on the other side of the road.

The officer was no where to be seen.

Unit #: 5231
Plate: BDBN 100 ON

reported by thecrimsonpermanentassurance
on Mon, Jun 14 2010
Tags: none

ON  BDBN100
1 violation

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Allmart Distributing Inc Delivery Truck

St George St, Hoskin Ave, Toronto, ON

Snapple delivery vechile, owned and operated by Allmart Distributing Inc on St George St, north of Sussex Ave, blocking both the northbound car and bike lanes. The driver didn't even have the dignity to face the correct direction either.

Allmart Distributing Inc:
(905) 677-8227
Unit #8, 6707 Goreway Dr
Mississauga ON

reported by thecrimsonpermanentassurance
on Mon, Jun 14 2010
Tags: none

ON  7048MX
1 violation

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Chip Wagon

St George St, Hoskin Ave, Toronto, ON

Chip Wagon, vendor license #418 on St George St north of College St.

Note the OPP Parking Enforcement officer on the right.

reported by thecrimsonpermanentassurance
on Mon, Jun 14 2010
Tags: none

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Yellow Pages van

beverley and college, Toronto, ON

Not only do they deliver a forest worth of paper nobody needs. But they do it while parked in the bike lane.

reported by PASD
on Thu, Jun 10 2010
Tags: delivery,discount,yellowpages

ON  9670YL
1 violation

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UPS Truck

Annette St, Evelyn Ave, Toronto, ON

UPS truck # 661472, plate 886 3W9 ON, parked illegally on Annette St, Toronto, ON.

June 7th, 2010, 1:51pm

reported by thecrimsonpermanentassurance
on Mon, Jun 07 2010
Tags: ups

ON  8863W9
1 violation

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Bikelane on College Street

College and Beverley, Toronto, ON

reported by PASD
on Mon, Jun 07 2010
Tags: none

0 comments Comments


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Van

College and Spadina, Toronto, ON

reported by PASD
on Mon, May 31 2010
Tags: none

ON  1357VS
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Minivan

College and Spadina, Toronto, ON

reported by PASD
on Mon, May 31 2010
Tags: none

ON  BEYJ768
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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UPS on College just West of Spadina

College St, half a block West of Spadina, Toronto, ON

This UPS truck driver completely blocked the designated bike lane on the North side of College St about half a block west of Spadina. After he returned to his truck, I pulled alongside and reminded him that it is illegal to park in a bike lane. In response, he went off on a tirade and verbally abused me. Worse, when I cycled off he CHASED ME for a block and a half (including a turn!), threatening me by his driving and yelling at me. Fortunately, I used evasive manoeuvres and escaped. I have reported him to UPS.

reported by kiwinerd
on Tue, May 25 2010
Tags: ups

ON  TH7062
3 violations

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UPS on College just West of Spadina

College St, half a block West of Spadina, Toronto, ON

This UPS truck driver completely blocked the designated bike lane on the North side of College St about half a block west of Spadina. After he returned to his truck, I pulled alongside and reminded him that it is illegal to park in a bike lane. In response, he went off on a tirade and verbally abused me. Worse, when I cycled off he CHASED ME for a block and a half (including a turn!), threatening me by his driving and yelling at me. Fortunately, I used evasive manoeuvres and escaped. I have reported him to UPS.

reported by kiwinerd
on Tue, May 25 2010
Tags: ups

ON  TH7062
3 violations

0 comments Comments


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Careless Parking

Davenport Rd and Hazelton Ave, Toronto, ON

Parked car straddling bike lane. Also, alloted parking space for cars is too narrow. Most parked cars on this street section can't help but straddle the bike lane. This driver, however, was extra careless.

reported by harriet
on Fri, May 21 2010
Tags: none

ON  ASTH271
1 violation

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Becks on Sherbourne

Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON

Every morning (7:40 +/-) the Beck's taxis congregate for some reason and block the bike lane north of Carlton. There is an open parking area a bit further up the the taxis, often a dozen or more, overflow into the bike lane. I have contacted Beck's and the police cycling number with no effect. BOYCOTT BECK'S TAXIS.

reported by gfhill
on Mon, Apr 26 2010
Tags: none

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Cardinal Funeral Home on Annette

92 Annetter St, Toronto, ON

This happens all the time at the funeral home at Annette and Keele.
The only reason I don't stop and yell every time is out of respect for the dead...

reported by king of lunch
on Fri, Apr 30 2010
Tags: annette,funeral home,keele

ON  ARWR847
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Rob Ford for Mayor

University Ave. and College St., Toronto, ON

reported by anthill
on Mon, Apr 12 2010
Tags: none

ON  485XVT
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Lasiest parking job ever

College St and Brunswick, Toronto, ON

What more is there to say? That has to be at least three feet to the curb.

reported by anthill
on Wed, Mar 31 2010
Tags: none

ON  642RBK
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Waiting for a spot on College

College and Brunswick, Toronto, ON

The driver here was apparently waiting for a spot to open in this short stretch of College. They would back up then pull forward and then back up again for little other reason than to cause as much of a distraction as possible. It was cold, but when there is a side street with ample free parking just a few metres west, how lazy are you?

reported by AlwaysInMyWay
on Sat, Jan 30 2010
Tags: lazy idle

ON  ATYL668
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Toronto Parking Enforcement

1676 Bayview, Toronto, ON

Toronto Parking Enforcement officers frequently park illegally...so they can hand out parking tickets.

I said "you need to be a role model. What example are you setting"?

He said "call the city if you don't like it".

reported by robrob
on Mon, Dec 14 2009
Tags: toronto parking enforcement

ON  BFBP880
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Brown Van

College Street at Major, Toronto, ON

reported by PASD
on Mon, Dec 07 2009
Tags: ups

ON  V01261
1 violation

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Saving Lives? Nope - Getting a Latte

Christie and St. Clair, Toronto, ON

Parked for about 20 mins. The female driver came in to Starbucks, saw the line and returned to the van. I thought she may have realized she was parked illegally for an expensive coffee. Nope, just waited in the truck and came back in once the line was about one person shorter.

reported by AlwaysInMyWay
on Wed, Dec 02 2009
Tags: ambulance,emt

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Under Cover Policing the Bike Lane

Harbord and Manning, Toronto, ON

So i was toiling away in yeah olde bike store on Friday, when I glanced outside and noticed a car parked in the bike lane. I thought nothing of it. A lot of times cars park for a couple of minutes to answer a phone call or pick up a son or daughter from the local high school. I have learned in the past that by the time I get out there to tell them to move, they have already moved on. I usually give them a couple of minutes before I ask them to move on.

Well this feller was taking his good old time getting the heck out of the lane so i decided to take action. I have also learned from past experience that getting angry with people never works, so I put on my best pleasant face, the one that I keep behind the counter for bike lane parkers and went to have a chat.

He rolled down and looked at me with disinterest. The first thing that I noticed was that he was reading a book so I knew that he was going to be there for a while.

"Hi, you're parked in a bike lane, would you be able to move."

"No"

"Do you really have to park here?"

"I am working," he said. It was then that it donned on me that he was an undercover cop.

"What you working at?" I asked.

He wrestled around in his seat until he was able to liberate his wallet from his pants and flipped me his badge.

"Well do you have to park here?" I asked, knowing full well he could park anywhere he wanted.

"I'm working."

So I left it at that. I walked back into the shop with visions of me pounding his head off his steering wheel, screaming, "Fucking pig fucking pig!!!" over and over again. I have no idea what he was working on except getting through the next chapter of his book.

So I could only do what anyone could do on these occasions. I got my camera and took a couple of pictures. If you notice the second picture has a cop car in the background. For a few seconds I thought about calling him over, but I knew he would be just as disinterested as the first cop.

Infuriating is not the word that I could describe at how I was feeling, but I did get some satisfaction of knowing that I could at least put his car on the Interweb and hopefully some kids who might be busted for smoking weed would see him first and get away.

The worst part of this is that it was two days after the Police Service Board considered Allen Heisey's deputation to enforce the bike lanes more as well as double the fines for parking in the bike lane.

Fucking pigs.

reported by scottossington
on Fri, Nov 20 2009
Tags: police

ON  BHBR951
1 violation

7 comments Comments


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Policing the Annette Bike Lane (again)

Annette and Runnymede, Toronto, ON

Over the last few days, the media has been reporting that there is a push to increase fines for parking in the bike lanes, and to increase enforcement. Obviously hasn't started yet.

Toronto Police vehicle #11S1 (Supervisor), license plate BEYY 864.

The officer could clearly be seen inside a restaurant getting some takeout food.

reported by vic
on Fri, Nov 20 2009
Tags: annette,police

ON  BEYY864
1 violation

9 comments Comments


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Article from Toronto Star

yonge and bloor, Toronto, ON

There was an article in The Toronto Star's online version talking about cars parking in bike lanes.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/fixer/article/727855

reported by pards
on Thu, Nov 19 2009
Tags: none

0 comments Comments


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Cascading Parking Failure

College and Spadina, Toronto, ON

Three feet from the curb ought to be enough.

reported by anthill
on Mon, Oct 05 2009
Tags: college,parking

ON  679NPR
1 violation

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Straddling the fence

College St. and University Ave., Toronto, ON

If you're going to block the car lane anyhow, why go half way?

reported by anthill
on Wed, Sep 23 2009
Tags: truck college delivery

ON  TX6263
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Chairman Mills truck: elephant in St George bike lane

St George St north of Harbord/Hoskin, Toronto, ON

This truck was stopped in the northbound bike lane on St George St in the heart of the UofT downtown campus, north of Harbord St near the Rotman biz school. The truck forced me out into the traffic. I explained why he should move. Giving me a withering look, to his credit he did move.

reported by kiwinerd
on Wed, Sep 02 2009
Tags: chairmanmills

ON  9095VA
1 violation

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Policing the Annette Bike Lane

Annette and Runnymede, Toronto, ON

Good to see the Toronto Police 11 Division protecting the Annette St. bike lane from illegal parking as they grab some breakfast.

License plate AVSA 127, car number 1205.

reported by vic
on Tue, Aug 25 2009
Tags: annette,police

ON  AVSA127
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Canada Post truck parked right on a bike lane chevron

Wellesley Street, west of Bay St, Toronto, ON

Wellesley Street east of Queen's Park is an important safe(ish!) corridor for bicyclists (and skateboarders). Recently the road markings were upgraded with new chevrons painted. This Canada Post employee decided to park with his front bumper over a chevron. Meh.

reported by kiwinerd
on Wed, Aug 19 2009
Tags: canadapost,chevron

ON  YF3239
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Restaurant woman blocks bike lane for personal convenience

Harbort Street, west of Major, Toronto, ON

This woman couldn't be bothered parking legally; she stopped instead in the bike lane (near designated bike lane signs) so she could walk the fewest steps to the front door. When challenged verbally, she had no dis/ability reason for this manoeuvre.

reported by kiwinerd
on Mon, Aug 17 2009
Tags: lazy,restaurant,tetchy

ON  BESM800
1 violation

2 comments Comments


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Penske truck outside Starbucks blocks College St bike lane for hours

College and Beverley, Toronto, ON

This Penske truck completely blocked the bike lane on College St Eastbound, just East of the intersection with Beverley St.
(PS: the Starbucks right next to where this rental van was stopped was renovating - maybe their workers put the van there?)

reported by kiwinerd
on Fri, Aug 14 2009
Tags: penske,starbucks,uoft

ON  3849XL
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Bicyclist loads bike into car stopped in bike lane

St George and College, NE, Toronto, ON

This occurred on the University of Toronto campus, on Saint George Street northbound just north of its intersection with College Street. The people in the photo were loading his bike into a stopped grey Matrix crossover suv/stationwagon. Driven, I think, by his mother. Talk about narcissism.

reported by kiwinerd
on Sun, Aug 16 2009
Tags: cyclistshouldknowbetter,teen

ON  AYNH851
1 violation

3 comments Comments


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Urgent police flamenco

Bathurst and Bloor St., Toronto, ON

reported by anthill
on Mon, Aug 10 2009
Tags: bathurst,college,tps

ON  ARJZ733
2 violations

2 comments Comments


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Parking Enforcement on Annette St.

Annette and Jane, Toronto, ON

Good to see that City of Toronto Parking Enforcement vehicle PKW30, license plate AYCA 758 is doing such a good job at keeping the bike lane clear of parked motor vehicles.

There was nobody inside the vehicle, nor anywhere visible on the street.

reported by vic
on Fri, Jul 31 2009
Tags: annette,minivan,parking enforcement,police

ON  AYCA758
1 violation

4 comments Comments


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Van blocking the Annette bike lane

Annette and Keele, Toronto, ON

Blue GMC Safari, license plate ACFD 857. Westbound on Annette just before Keele St.

If you look closely, you'll see the red Subaru from the previous post driving by. :)

reported by vic
on Tue, Jul 28 2009
Tags: annette,gmc,van

ON  ACFD857
1 violation

2 comments Comments


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Red Subaru, ANTA 775 on Annette St.

Annette and Beresford, Toronto, ON

"What are you doing?"
"I'm taking your picture of your car!"
"Why?"
"Because you're parked illegally in the bike lane!"
"I'm just picking someone up!"
"It's still a bike lane. There are plenty of other spaces to park nearby. These photos will be posted on mybikelane.com soon."

Hope you found the website!

reported by vic
on Tue, Jul 28 2009
Tags: annette,subaru

ON  ANTA775
1 violation

2 comments Comments


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Honda Accord AECX 465 on Annette St.

Annette and Jane, Toronto, ON

New bike lane, already full of parked cars on a regular basis. Though the situation HAS improved a little since they finally installed the "No Stopping" signs.

reported by vic
on Tue, Jul 28 2009
Tags: annette,honda

ON  AECX465
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Annette sidewalk / bike lane parker

Annette and Dundas St. W., Toronto, ON

This Nissan Maxima, license plate BBTX 361 was parked on the sidewalk and in the bike lane on Annette St., just west of Dundas St. W.

Unusually, this was in the evening. I typically see cars parked here in the morning when parents clog up the bike lane, road, and sidewalk dropping their kids off at school.

reported by vic
on Mon, Jul 27 2009
Tags: annette,nissan,sidewalk

ON  BBTX361
1 violation

3 comments Comments


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A Meathead and an Escalade: A Story of Narcissism.

St. George at Lowther, Toronto, ON

This guy was pissed off when I told him why I was taking a picture. He was buffed up from time at the gym and clearly did not like being told he was ever in the wrong. I promised him he'd be on the internet anyway.

Delivery completed. Have a nice day, thug.

(There was also a UPS driver in the background, but that arrived after I passed by that area.)

reported by accozzaglia
on Mon, Jul 20 2009
Tags: cadillac escalade,recalcitrance,st. george street

ON  BBNE829
1 violation

1 comment Comments


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"I'm a Beck driver. I make up my own driving rules."

Queen at Beverley, Toronto, ON

"I might move if you threaten me with something. Like a camera."

reported by accozzaglia
on Sun, Jul 19 2009
Tags: beck taxi,beverley street,queen street west

ON  AFJH415
1 violation

2 comments Comments


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Not 30m west from the previous mybikelane entry.

college at mead, Toronto, ON

And about 60 seconds later. Oh, look, a bicyclist shadow. La la la.

reported by accozzaglia
on Tue, Jul 28 2009
Tags: college,death trap road

ON  ALZC242
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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"They actually like going around me."

college at robert, Toronto, ON

"This is Death Trap Road. Nothing new to see here. Move along (around me) now."

reported by accozzaglia
on Fri, Jul 10 2009
Tags: college street,death trap road,robert street

ON  BEFF046
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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"Love for all. Hatred for none.*"

ross at college, Toronto, ON

* "Except those bloody bicyclists."

(Those work cones don't protect you, cabbie.)

reported by accozzaglia
on Fri, Jul 10 2009
Tags: college street,death trap road,ross street,university of toronto

ON  AWKR941
1 violation

0 comments Comments


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Everybody else is doing it. And I have a parking voucher.

college at robert, Toronto, ON

"What more do you two-wheeled nazis want from me?"

reported by accozzaglia
on Thu, Jul 09 2009
Tags: college street,death trap road,robert street

ON  AFFS892
1 violation

0 comments Comments