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The mail carrier is parking his vehicle blocking bus stops, bike lanes, and clearly marked no parking zones on Lowry Ave. This normally happens around 10 or 11 am. The vehicle is left unattended, and is causing a safety hazard. I saw a cyclist nearly get run over trying to avoid the vehicle and other traffic. I have reported this to the police, and they make up stories about other laws and parking laws don't apply, and basically anything to avoid doing their job and fix this public safety issue. A bus stop or bike lane is no place for any car to park, ever.
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R. 7224336
R. Parking blocking bus stop, bike lane, and clearly marked No Parking Zone
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Reopened Justin (Utente registrato)
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Bonnie Moore (Utente registrato)
just a comment to Justin - I spoke with a Lt from the 4th Precinct this am and was told that vehicles can park in the little areas I am calling 'bump ins' as long as there is room for a biker to ride past. Some of your shots indicate a vehicle parked within a bump in. The postal vehicles looked like they did not move into those bump ins. Also 311 has to transfer info to traffic and by the time anyone gets there, the offending vehicle is no doubt gone. Try calling 911 on traffic impediment and maybe it can or will be addressed quicker even tho it's not a life threatening situation, it certainly could result in such.
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Reopened Justin (Utente registrato)
If the police are telling you that this is legal, then they need retraining. MN law states that no vehicle may park, stand, or stop in a bike lane or other no parking zone. These vehicles are not complying with either of these standards, as they are clearly marked bike lanes, and there are obvious signs marking the areas as no parking zones. Also, if police are telling you this is legal, then calls to 911 will be wasted.
Also, consider with this issue that the average speed of traffic on this road is probably around 45mph, and many of them are driving distracted. I can average over 20mph on my bike, and cars that are moving are generally covering double the ground that I do in a given period of time. So, every time I have to pull around a car illegally blocking the bike lane, I am taking the risk that someone is going to turn me into a red mark on the road. Once traffic speeds are above 30 mph, helmet or no, a cyclists odds of surviving a crash diminish very quickly.
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