Today's "Cyclometer" newsletter that is sent out by the City of Toronto mentioned that there's a new bike lane on Renforth Dr., in the far west end of Etobicoke. I checked it out on my way home from work.

Not surprisingly, there were two cars parked in the bike lane pretty much as soon at it started, just south of Rathburn Rd. All of the houses along here have huge, generous driveways, none of which were full, so there was no excuse for these people to park illegally in the bike lane.

Hyundai Accent, license plate AMLY 031

Today's "Cyclometer" newsletter that is sent out by the City of Toronto mentioned that there's a new bike lane on Renforth Dr., in the far west end of Etobicoke. I checked it out on my way home from work.

Not surprisingly, there were two cars parked in the bike lane pretty much as soon at it started, just south of Rathburn Rd. All of the houses along here have huge, generous driveways, none of which were full, so there was no excuse for these people to park illegally in the bike lane.

Pickup truck, license plate 925 3WN.

As I approached Harbord and Shaw, this person cuts in front of me only to do one of those "parking simultaneously on the sidewalk and in the bike lane" moves.

Pontiac Grand Am, license plate AJRX 906

Fat dude in a minivan illegally parked on College St., east of Bathurst. One of the many people parked in the bike lane on Saturday.

License plate: ASRE 721

Parked in the bike lane on College at Brusnwick.

Another one on College St. Not unusual to see this bike lane full of cars.

Plate: AMLV 067
Taxi License: 2678

Crappy little Toyota Echo blocking the College St. bike lane. This whole area was plugged full of illegal parkers on Saturday.

Advance Unique Taxi: (905) 884-1111
Besides having a bad name for their cab company, these drivers illegally park in the bike lanes on College St. when they come to town. But then again, the rest of the College St. bike lane was packed full of cars on Saturday, so this driver was probably just following along.

Plate: ATVK 215
Taxi License: 15

Parked in the bike lane on Davenport just west of Oakwood. As usual, there were a whole bunch of empty legal parking spaces just a few metres ahead.

This transport trailer (plate: C51 21K)was illegally parked in the bike lane on Davenport Rd. It wasn't going anywhere anytime soon either, as the rig was nowhere to be found.

Lazy bike lane parker. Just a few metres a head, there were many empty parking spaces.

Parked illegally in front of of the convenience store. Plenty of legal parking available nearby, but driver is too lazy.

Typical scene....driver parking illegally in the bike lane in front of convenience store.

Illegally parking your crappy caravan with Leafs vanity plates won't help your favourite team win.

Illegally parked in the bike lane on St. George in the U of T campus. Lots of legal places to park, but the driver chose to stop in the bike lane.

Parked illegally in the bike lane on Davenport Rd. at Laughton.

Ford pickup blocking the bike lane on Davenport, just east of Osler.

Bike lanes in front of convenience stores are probably the most frequently abused.

Crown Taxi #1522, license plate ASVC 900. using the bike lane as a passenger drop off area.

Another one at Runnymede and Annette.