r/CyclePDX • u/criddling • 15d ago

In the eyes of PBOT parking enforcement, cars parked in bike lane is "priority 2/low priority", which is below parking in constuction company's reserved zone, hotel zone, and such.

This was assigned a "priority 2".

"SR 1894 priority 2, beat 43, for bike lane, location given was se 104 ave at se market st"
proof: https://sndup.net/z7fxj/ (PDX PBOT radio dispatch audio log)
resolution: ticketed only https://sndup.net/6d5qb/

Priority 2 means goal of respond after all priority 1 calls are taken care of. This is explained in the consulting firm's report in

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2019/08/portland-parking-enforcement-open-to-favoritism-and-illegal-conduct-review-finds.html (source: the document within this news story)

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u/WildwoodTrail 9d ago

I just reported the 104th car again; I remember seeing it as early as 12/20; starting to wonder if it was stolen and abandoned, but I would think PPB would run the plates since it’s a common road for them to travel from east precinct.

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u/criddling 9d ago

It's a PBOT Parking Enforcement Division problem, which has problems of essentially unsupervised meter maids not consistently applying rules. It would have been resolved if they had just towed it like they do when they come upon cars in "no parking at anytime" that do not involve blocking bike lane.

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u/WildwoodTrail 8d ago

Car’s gone!

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u/criddling 7d ago

I see parking enforcement resolved the case with a tow at 5:38PM, then completed the tow around 7PM, on January 3rd.

Do you mean shit BOT let them get away with sitting there that long before towing it?
I'll pull up the pics once available after a few days.