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It does seem strange to use the emergency call-in number for this, I must say.

First, it's no emergency. Second, it's about 100 percent unlikely that a tow company will hook its gear up to a cop car.

Better solution: stop bike; walk into Thumb's Up; (very) nicely inform the cops that there are, like, 10 miles of on-street bike lanes in the city and they're using one of the busiest for parking; and last, would it be all that hard to do the right thing?

Does this still happen? I bike this route daily, and haven't seen problems (except for immediately at the Edgewood/Boulevard intersection, which is a separate ticket). It may be a time-of-day, thing, which is why I'm asking.

There are "No Parking" signs and other similar signage letting people know that cars aren't supposed to park there. Which is about the best I think can be done, outside of individuals calling in reports to the police.

I think a lot of people are concerned about using 911 to call for a tow truck as well. Is there a non-emergency number to call that can be published somewhere?

Sunday there were five cars parked along edgewood in the bike lane, including one with a Share the Road bumper sticker. I guess that only applies when he's riding. I'll post all the photos I have on flickr and then link here.

I think this is mostly a weekend occurence...

But during the week it's happening very frequently throughout the day just down the street. I had lunch at Thumbs Up Monday and as I was leaving at 1 pm there were two cars parked in the bike lane down the street at the Blvd intersection (where it's most common).

It was the pizza shop owner and his delivery guy! They said they'd move after I asked nicely. But asking every single person in the city who conveniently forgets this is a bike lane seems inefficient...

Looks like I'm eating crow on this one. Four cars were parked in the bike lane heading West on Edgewood, right at Boulevard. I took several pictures.

I have to ask, though, what would be the criteria for closing this issue? There are "No Parking" signs all along the strip, which I photographed. If cyclists start calling to report these vehicles and have them ticketed, I imagine the problem would disappear quickly.

I personally don't want to call 911 to report non-emergency issues, though. Again, is there a better number to call?

More tow signs.

Parked cars.

I hear you about not wanting to call 911. I don't have any number for you yet but will try to find one. The city just outsourced parking management to Duncan Solutions, which could help resolve this issue. http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/09/21/story2.html

City truck.

Police car.

CIty truck. I have more. Does the city take this issue seriously? It might be safer to just eliminate the bike lanes if we are going to use them as parking spaces.
And why does it matter whether this is on the weekend or not? Do car lanes become parking spaces on Saturday and Sunday?

Police car today (4/24/2011) across the street from thumbs up. Next time I'll call 911. I'd also like to mention that the majority of the bike lane on the other side of the street is either in a door zone or covered in gravel (probably still from january). I honestly believe the best fix for these issues is to remove the bike lane and turn it into legit high priced parking.