Andrew Price
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The site MyBikeLane is a sort of user-generated catalog of pictures of bike lane misuse in cities all over the world. In the photo above, for example, a parking enforcement officer has completely blocked the bike lane.
MyBikeLane: A Growing Photo Gallery of Bike Lane Violations
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