Indeed, I much prefer bike traffic jams than motorized traffic jams. And I consider the fact that there IS bike parking at 222 W Washington a personal success as well.
There was a project of Bike Fed's a few years back where I attended meetings at that building on a regular basis. Tom Huber - DOT ped-bike coordinator - also biked to the meetings. I pointed out to the organization hosting the meetings that there were no bike racks. They checked with building management, and found out there were racks in the garage. (Fence racks, but that's a different issue.) Obviously, anyone arriving for a meeting would have no idea those racks existed, and they aren't easy to find. I wrote to building management (Fiore Company) and explained the problem, suggesting several locations out front where racks could easily be installed. I got a reply thanking me for the input. I think no one had ever pointed out that visitors need bike parking too. When Sonya Newenhouse and her company were hired to do transportation demand management consulting for the building, she and I had a long talk about the same issue. "Oh, yes, Fiore told me that they definitely want and need racks out front.", she said. So I met her over there and measured spaces and figured out what types of racks would be appropriate. It makes me very happy to not only see the racks out front, but to see them so well used. (There are additional places I suggested for racks, but at least some got installed.) Sometimes bike parking issues can be easily resolved, but people who use the space need to speak up. Because Network 222 existed as an office building prior to our current zoning code, they were not required by the city to install racks. But it's so simply, and serves so many people. But since building owners or managers may not be bicyclists, they don't know that the current situation is no adequate. That's where we as customers or clients need to let them know. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
