Time Limit to Bike Parking?
Does anyone know if there’s a limit to how long a person is allowed to keep his bike locked up to a public bike rack? It’s an admittedly small gripe in the grand scheme of things, but someone locked up this Ross in our preferred parking spot in Dumbo a few weeks ago and has…
Does anyone know if there’s a limit to how long a person is allowed to keep his bike locked up to a public bike rack? It’s an admittedly small gripe in the grand scheme of things, but someone locked up this Ross in our preferred parking spot in Dumbo a few weeks ago and has yet to return for it. Bike parking’s at a premium around our office building and at a certain point this violates the social contract, no?
northsloperenter, you gotta be kidding me. You have a problem with bicyclists based on that? Of course the baby carriage guy should slow down and/or stop. I’m so sick of parents literally shoving strollers into the street without looking, sometimes from in between parked cars, as if willing their little bundle of joy to be killed (subconscious breeder-remorse?). Come to think of it, I’m sick of baby carriages — if it’s too small to walk, you should be able to carry it; if it’s big enough to walk, don’t make it a friggin cripple in a babified wheelchair — but that’s a whole other issue. Bikes are the future (hopefully) and the sooner their numbers grow, the safer biking, walking and breathing will be; and in turn, the more their numbers will grow. It’s a good vicious cycle. Unlike the automobile concept, which was never such a bright idea (see headlines).
“Over at Livable Streets Initiative we are actually building a geo web app that will..address the problem in a more centralized manner”
That sounds really smart, actually. For instance, maybe they can do something about those recurring “pot holes” on the corner of Dekalb and Washington place, which are basically a giant sinkhole under the road. They just patch it up with asphalt instead of reinforcing the road from underneath. Man, one day when that thing gives way and there’s a massive car pileup, I hope i’m not walking on the sidewalk nearby . . . .
And maybe add some garbage cans to Ft Greene park for the weekend. . . . the overflow is ridiculous, and totally a sign of stupidity and lack of management.
As far as bikes go . . . I would take a saw to the lock, and if anyone asks, just say “It’s my bike — I just lost the key to my U-lock.” Either you’ll get yourself a nice bike, OR the owner will magically appear, as they often do when their totally abandoned and neglected property is suddenly threatened — wasteful jackasses deserve to be robbed.
solution: chain to other side, or walk 20ft (gasp!) across street and chain to that light pole.
NY bike thieves are the policing solution to bikes that get left out for too long.
Agree we could use more bike racks in SOME areas, but I’ve never had a problem finding something to lock mine to (light pole, street sign, fence, etc.).
“Why do bicycles bring out the worst in people?”
Primarily, because on an asshole scale of 1-100, the average NYC driver rates about 70, and the average NYC biker rates about 98.
True story: A guy pushing a baby carriage across Atlantic is heading toward a car about to make a right hand turn and a biker accelerating along the side of the car.
All three about on a course to get pretty darn close to each other.
Two of them stop to make sure nothing unpleasant happens to anyone.
One of them doesn’t stop.
Guess which one?
(hint: He was wearing spandex and would have been maimed had the car not stopped).
“piles and piles of bicycles locked up everywhere possible. That’s what it looks like when bicycles become a significant part of the transportation network. That should be our goal in NYC. The more bikes locked up all over the place, the better.”
What a miserable vision of the city you have.
Livable Streets is watching YOU! Maybe they should change their name to Chairman Mao’s Glorious Street Controllers.
Wow, what an overreaction to a mundane problem. Damage the ironwork? Puhhlease! What about dogs peeing on your railing? Electrify them and kill them, I say.
“Speaking of, anybody seen that guy zipping over the bridge on his Segway?”
Snark, yes, I see him all the time. He’s a bit portly with a beard and glasses (and portly still when he shaves and wears contacts). One of us usually passes the other at some point along the way, depending on how lazy or energetic I peddle.
This thread is funny. I am positive that threads in Amsterdam are not this funny.
> How about powered 2 wheeled transport?
Speaking of, anybody seen that guy zipping over the bridge on his Segway?