Hi me2, thanks for your comment. You are correct that bicycles have the right to travel in traffic lanes just like other vehicles. However, given that there exists a bicycle lane, and it is not legal to park a car in a bike lane, I think the solution to this problem should not be forcing bicycles to travel in the lane, but rather forcing cars not to park in bike lanes.

Maybe bikes can pay registration and insurance too. Add to that list tickets for running red lights, riding on sidewalks, and traveling the wrong way on a street. Maybe that revenue will help clear up the streets better so you can ride in your bike lanes.

Hi FCS, I agree that bikes should obey traffic laws. Likewise there are plenty of cars that break traffic laws too that do not get ticketed in NH (speeding, blocking crosswalks, right on reds, etc). In any case this is a spurious argument and I am unsure how this relates to the current issue.

On a more constructive note, is there any response from the city about this? Today again I was still unable to use the bike lane due to parked cars.

Also, what is the city's policy regarding the city clearing snow from bike lanes in general?

The problem is not the cars...there is always a parking ban issued for downtown when there is a snow storm.....there are no cars parked there but Public Works has no accountable follow up to see if the workers that are being paid double time have done their job completely . This is a miscatogorized complaint. The street needs to be plowed to the curb. Don't worry after Thursday no cars will be able to park in the bike lane because that 's where the new snow will go.

Issue closed.