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Across Tampa, cars block sidewalks and bike lanes. Is there enough enforcement?

By Olivia George,

1 days ago

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Adqxc_0vSJvrGJ00 — Across Tampa, vehicles block sidewalks and bike lanes. Dozens of readers sent photographs of the phenomenon to the Tampa Bay Times. It's not just a nuisance, residents say, but a safety hazard. [ OLIVIA GEORGE | Times ]

TAMPA — Tatiana Morales rides her bicycle through this car-centric city almost daily. She commutes along the Green Spine, Tampa’s network of dedicated bike lanes linking downtown with surrounding neighborhoods that has been more than a decade in the making.

The route is far from hazard free.

She must dodge delivery vans idling in the bike lane and slam her brakes to avoid illegally parked cars.

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