This block on First was part of my daily bike-commute for years, and for years I decided not to report these houses for placing their trash bins in the street simply because it didn't look to me like any other options were viable.

Later this year, the city will be constructing a two-way protected cycletrack on First St., after which point these houses will be able (actually, required) to place trash bins in the buffer between the cycletrack and vehicle lanes. I'd support "bending the rules" here until that is done.