Bicyclists nationwide and in San Diego can use this app to report blocked bike lanes

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- An app using self-reporting data to increase awareness and create safer bike lanes worldwide is drawing support in San Diego.

There's more than 1,300 miles of bikeways in the San Diego region, but as many bicyclists will tell you, they don't always feel the safest riding them. Not only do they deal with distracted drivers and bumps in the road, but they also deal with blocked bike lanes.

An app aims to help create a clear path for bicyclists.

However, instead of being kept clear, Christina Whitehouse says many bike lanes are being used for "parking and traveling."

After Whitehouse was nearly hit by a commercial truck while riding her bike in Chicago, she created the app -- Bike Lane Uprising.

The app allows users to upload photos and share a location where a bike lane is blocked, not only alerting other bicyclists, but also keeping data to alert companies that are repeat offenders nationwide.

Minute by minute, the app's live databases are updated.