Reader Sean sends along this particularly egregious example of bike lane blocking. A whole row of cars parked in the bike lane in front of the church at 14th and Corcoran, NW. This was for a funeral, and while my condolences go to the family, that doesn’t constitute an exception to the rule against parking in the bike lane.

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.