Just as the city owns numbers of picnic tables (or whatever) that can be moved around as needed, they should own movable bike racks. They can be part of the reservation package and ordered along with other needs for whatever activity is being planned. That would seem to be the common sense solution. (I know, I know.)
Dorothy On 6/26/2008 9:04:11 AM, Michael T Neuman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:21 -0500, Robbie Webber" said: > ... And racks are not necessary. This entire discussion started with the beer festival folks not doing a bike corral. ... > But maybe if the City had an ample supply of bike racks at its parks there would not be the need for organizations who are already stretched too thin for volunteers to find more volunteers to staff the bicycle corrals? Furthermore, why does the City of Madison NOT have enough bike racks at Olin Park to cover the needs of the beer festival? The city provides many, many parking spaces for cars at Olin Park. How many spaces does the city provide at Olin Park for bicycle parking? Why can't the city provide bicycle racks? The Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin in Madison currently has numerous extra bicycle racks just waiting to be used for events such as the upcoming beer festival and last week's Madison Blues Society (MBS) event at Warner Park. (I checked two of them myself last weekend for the Madison Blues Society blues picnic at Warner Park -- I am a volunteer officer for the MBS). The racks worked great! So why require the non profit organizations to find more volunteers (most non profit organizations are already stretched beyond the limit for volunteers) for a bicycle corral when bicycle racks might work just as well? It should be the City's responsibility make sure that ample bicycle racks are at their parks for the events that they permit (and tax!). Why can't the City work with the Bike Fed to get some or all of the Bike Fed bicycle racks to Warner Park? As I understand it, they have 20 or so SAR bicycle racks which need a home anyway. (Just Coffee doesn't want them in back of their store anymore.) On a longer term basis, maybe the Bike Fed should just lend those racks to the City so the city can move them around to various parks having events that the city is permitting and store them at parks in need of more bike parking year round? > And yes, San Fransisco does require bicycle parking at large events. Every Giants game features free bike parking at the park. The tab is picked up by the Giants organization, and it is a very slick operation. I saw how they did it last year when I was out there. > Of course the organizations putting on the events in Madison's parks are not professional major league baseball teams and to suggest that they should be subject to the same regulatory requirement is absurd. So why not move some of those Bike Fed racks to Warner Park this Saturday? Mike Neuman DISCLAIMER: This information and any attachments contained in this email message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return email, and delete the original message immediately.
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