As stated this happens everyday and has gone on since the first day the bike lane was installed. There are several SCF complaints about this stretch of the Webster St bike lane. I'm thinking we should contact WOBO and the city council member's office (Lynette McElhaney). SCF is proving a good venue for the community to speak up, but it's just not getting us results.

yeah, i see this all the time.

I posted this over a year ago with photos, copied it to the City of Oakland Bike Coordinator (Jennifer Stanley), and sent a letter to the property management firm. It's a bit of a farce that the city responds that they will request parking enforcement. If a restaurant took up a sidewalk (public right of way) without a permit they would get the book thrown at them. This is no different, except that it involves safety and it's just a matter of time before a bicyclist gets hit.

The building management is CIM Group LP, 2101 Webster St, Oakland, California 94612-3011. I encourage folks to send them letters and cc: the city (Jennifer and Lynette).

-G

Is this them?

http://www.cimgroup.com/ourFirm/contact.aspx

Awesome collaboration here.

Parking enforcement is a joke. You'd think they would be all over this with the city hurting for money and all. I can't get ahold of them for anything. I agree with contacting the City Council directly. While they're just about as useless, a large bombardment of email/snail mail and visible public outcry will usually light a fire under them...that or someone has to get hurt first :(

This needs to be fixed. The valet service is clearly breaking the law, so why areN't they getting cited?

I made up some simple flyers to let people know how to complain and plan to pass them out to fellow cyclists during the morning commute tomorrow morning. Does anyone know if there is a function on this website to upload files? Because then people could print some out for themselves and pass out as well.

Ms L, My boyfriend just saw your flyer - thanks for putting it together.

City of Oakland Public Works Agency referred this issue to PARKING CITATION ASSIST CENTER, service request # 463981. Please contact that agency to follow-up. For more information, please visit the "Helpful Links to Other Resource Partners" at the link below.
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/Connect/ReportaProblem/index.htm
Thank you.

I emailed WOBO and they said this problem will be discussed at their next meeting with the city's bike/ped folks, too.

This is, of course, an ongoing issue. This past week, not only were cars with the valet service doubleparked when there was still space along the white curb (drivers and valet are just too lazy to parallel in), but some CIM Brandywine employee shuttle doubleparked next to the doubleparked cars, forcing ALL traffic including bicycles into the far left lane. I got really mad and stopped my bike and yelled at all the people to move along.

Today, I happened to be walking to work instead of biking and noticed this big sign along 21st Street. I have attached a photo for you guys. It actually indicates that the same valet service operates for both the 2101 Webster and the 2100 Franklin street office buildings. Notice that there is a long, white, unused curb available on 21st Street. I think the city should really push to move the valet stand to that stretch of 21st Street. I have no idea why it is not located there in the first place?!?!?! It's a fairly simple solution and minimally changes their existing operations, if at all.

Which city agency has jurisdiction over this type of thing?

If the ACE Parking valet people or building administration refuse to stop doubleparking or move their valet service to 21st Street, I have an idea for a simple action we bicyclists could stage that would be a pain in their butts and would not harm any cars (or people)! Who is with me?

The valet service is still a big problem. This week, cars were doubleparked again in bike lane when there was plenty of space available at the white curb (drivers and valets are too lazy to parallel park), and then a CIM Brandywine employee shuttle decided to doublepark next to the doubleparked cars, forcing ALL traffic including bicycles into the far left lane. Ridiculous! Today I happened to walk instead of ride and turned right at 21st Street to discover, much to my surprise, a big sign stating that the same ACE Parking valet service operates for 2100 Franklin as 2101 Webster, and a long, unused stretch of white curb. The city should direct the valet service to move its stand to 21st Street. This is a simple solution, would get the valet service out of the bike lane, and minimally change the valet service's operations, if at all. I have attached photos. If the valet stand refuses to move, I have an idea for a simple action we could stage that would be a pain in the valet service's @#$% and does not harm cars nor humans.

Blocking lanes of traffic for cars AND bikes is a huge problem in Oakland. Ill informed and rude drivers think it's ok to just stop in the middle of a lane in Telegraph or Broadway to wait for someone or make a phone call. A danger for all and should be cited by OPD.