while I'm almost never in favor of limiting or prohibiting bike parking, it's
probably not a good idea to leave one's bike parked on state street for any
length of time this weekend. I doubt that the police are actually planning to
ticket bicycles parked there; I would hope that they are just trying to prevent
the vandalism that has been perpetrated on bicycles parked on State Street in
years past.

that said, I agree with Matt's point: the announcement should have said where
the racks would be relocated, and not just state that they would be removed.

chuck

At 11:46 AM 10/30/2003 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>This from the Madison Police Department:
>
>Bicycles will not be allowed to park on State St. beginning                  
>      
>Thursday Oct. 30 until Sun. Nov. 2.
>http://www.madisonhalloween.com/announce.html
>
>( I think has something to do with some ceremonial observances
>this weekend).
>-darin
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[snip] Matt logan writes:

http://www.madisonpolice.com/Specialevent.html

"Bicycles racks will be removed on Thursday October 30, 2003 to accommodate the
expected crowds. Notices will be posted. Please remove your bicycle and store
it safely inside."[snip]

Madison would look a lot more bike friendly if the announcement had been
worded:

"Bicycle racks on State Street will be relocated to parking structures on
Thursday October 30, 2003 to accommodate the expected crowds. Notices will be
posted. Please ride your bike, do not leave it sitting safely inside".


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