I live in Salt Lake and i ride that route a lot. On 11th Ave, about where 9th East would intersect (but the street is some "letter" street - maybe "M"?) someone routinely leaves a huge plastic city garbage can right in the bike lane. These garbage cans are big and heavy, especially if they are full. I have almost hit it so many times in the morning, as the sun shine directly in your eyes if you are going east. I can see how this could happen. I am glad the rider is OK, because it could have been far worse. I have always thought the person leaves the garbage can in the bike lane deliberately, because the other people who live along that street leave theirs near the curb, or take them in right after they are picked up. I have seen that garbage can there for days at a time.
Edit: Someone does this on east-bound Emigration Canyon Road too - again, I think deliberately.