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

Plate: AMLV 067
Taxi License: 2678

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

Seems to always be a cab here, polluting the air and taking up the bike lane.

This Beck taxi #3235 was parked in the westbound bike lane just west of Spadina on College at around ten minutes to 3pm on Monday June 23,2008. He came out of his cab and I told him that it was illegal to park there and that he was endangering my life by parking there. He refused to move and walked away telling me to f**k off.

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

This guy was in the cab when I took the picture, but took off immediately after he spied me taking the picture.

Doing paperwork, blocking the bike lane.

Beck Taxi #A1022, license place ATXE 195 was using the bike lane on College St. as a convenient place to park and catch up on paperwork.

Diamond Taxi #420 slowly driving along the College St. bike lane.

This Diamond Taxi slowly crawled along the bike lane here. Not sure why. Typical scene on this section of Queen's Quay though. There's almost ALWAYS someone blocking the bike lanes here.

In this one, a cyclist was actualy being blocked.

This Ambassador Taxi # A97 is sporting the mark of The Beast while parked in the bike lane outside McDonald's at Runnymede and Bloor. A true ambassador of evil.

New bike lane, and already used as a pickup / dropoff zone. The townhouses here have their own parking lots, why not use them?

Beck Taxi #2219

The driver of Beck Taxi cab #469 was celebrating the opening of the brand new Queensway bike lane. The lane was painted only 6 days ago, yet has already become a place for taxis to stop and pick up passengers.

Amazingly, there's pretty much NOTHING around here. It would have been the last place I would have imagined a taxi to stop and park in the bike lane. It's almost as if as soon as a bike lane gets installed, taxis flock to it.

I have never seen anyone parked along the edges of the Queensway before, and now that the bike lane is there, it's starting. I hope this isn't a trend.

The person who hailed the taxi was apologetic.....

Co-op taxi number 958, license plate ARRH 279 in the College St. bike lane.

I think he may have collided with another car, also parked in the bike lane in front of him. Looked like they were sorting out some details.

This taxi driver pulled up in the bike lane behind me just as I was taking the photos of the previous van. Snap snap...and another set of photos for the collection.

Barely able to catch the licence plate number with the dark.

A whole bunch of empty parking spaces, but the driver chose to just park in the bike lane.

Don't usually see this many cabs in the bike lane on Harbord. The cabs are usually too busy blocking up College St...

Anyway, this one pulled up in front of me to pick up a passenger. The passenger seemed apologetic for getting a taxi to drive in the bike lane.

Anyway....why don't they convert some of the on-street parking to taxi stands and delivery areas? Less bike lane parking needed then.

Taxi driver, waiting in the bike lane on Harbord.

After I took some photos from the rear, I talked to him through his open window and told him about this site. I asked if I could get a picture of his face, but he offered up his ass instead, and pretended to moon me. Funny.

Taxi license A1111.

Standard stuff....

Beck Taxi, taking up their usual space in the College St. bike lane.

Kingsboro Taxi #A850. Not unusual to find them illegally parked in the end of the bike lane here.

Pretty typical to find a Kingsboro Taxi (#2555) parked in the end of the bike lane near Runnymede Station.

Kingsboro cabbie #2948 rounds out the fourth bike lane parker at Runnymede Station. I barely had time to photograph all these violations, there were so many of them.

They're almost always here, blocking the bike lane outside of Runnymede Station.

I think that might be the cabbie chatting with his buddy across the street.

Anyway, not uncommon to see people parked all over the place here illegally.

Same as usual....

Another one extending the taxi stand into the bike lane to make for a bigger park'n'ride at Runnymede and Bloor.

Note the cyclist forced out into the rush hour traffic? Very dangerous move, Cabbie

I'm just picking up a passenger. One of many common excuses for parking in the bike lane

Runnymede and Bloor. The bike lane here runs directly into a taxi stand. This cab, however, was parked in the bike lane itself, not in the taxi stand.

It's a crappy bike lane design overall, especially when it dumps cyclists right into the ass-end of idling cabs.

I toyed with the idea of chatting with the fellow that got out, possibly suggesting that he might next time ask the driver to not block the bike lane when he stops.

I didn't.

Hmm... should I block the bike lane? Or shouldn't I?

Second of two taxis parked next to each other on Hoskin at St. George.

Two taxis in a row on Hoskin near St. George. Here's the first one.

Taxi....College St....same ol' shit.

The bike lanes around Runnymede subway station make great places to park a taxi.

This is my first time seeing this happen. Towards the end of the Runnymede bike lane right before Bloor, a taxi driver was taking advantage of the extended taxi stand (aka bike lane). A couple of bike cops were there giving him a ticket. If you look closely at the signs, it basically says, "No parking! The taxi stand is over there!". But this dude wasn't paying attention.

Not an unusual sight: a taxi in the bike lane on College St. I think this was around College and Lippincott.