Count me in as someone who just leaves my heavy u-lock at work. I'm not
reserving a space, I'm just leaving it somewhere where it won't walk off.

No one seems to pay any attention to my u-lock because they often park in
the spot where I have left it. I don't mind at all if they do.

Sonia

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018, 1:57 PM Robbie via Bikies <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I also want to point out that ULI has been great about welcoming the
> public to park in their covered and security-camera watched racks at Block
> 89.
>
> When I worked downtown and thought it was going to rain, or was raining, I
> usually parked there.
>
> They also had some interesting tests with Saris with different types of
> racks - style, finish, position, etc - to see which ones people liked best.
> Conclusion? People like the racks closest to the door or stairs. I.e.
> convenience trumps all else.
>
> Robbie Webber
> State Smart Transportation Initiative
> www.ssti.us
> 608-263-9984 (office)
> 608-225-0002 (cell)
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018, 9:36 AM Harald Kliems via Bikies <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Funny, I would've never even thought about not locking my bike to a rack
>> just because there was a lock attached to it. As Chuck said, people don't
>> want to haul around their locks, and so leaving them attached to a rack
>> seems like a good solution that doesn't inconvenience anyone.
>>
>>  Harald.
>>
>> PS Kudos to ULI to getting bike parking in their buildings. The quality
>> and number of racks in their buildings, as well as their responsiveness to
>> concerns, seems above average.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 9:29 AM Chuck Strawser via Bikies <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe cyclists are trying to "reserve" a bike parking space with their
>>> lock.
>>> Or maybe they just don't want to carry a heavy lock back and forth every
>>> day when they always park in the same place. If block 89 provided a place
>>> to leave U locks (that doesn't take up a bike parking space), that might
>>> alleviate the latter, if not the former. Like this:
>>> https://www.dero.com/product/lock-dock/
>>>
>>> Chuck Strawser
>>> Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
>>> Commuter Solutions
>>> UW-Madison Transportation Services
>>>
>>> Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White:
>>> http://transportation.wisc.edu/transportation/bike_annex.aspx
>>>
>>> How are we doing? Take our customer satisfaction survey at :
>>> https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9ueiD7rE9bS60Tz
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bikies <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mendota
>>> Hills via Bikies
>>> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 9:24 AM
>>> To: Bikies <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: [Bikies] Block 89 abandoned bikes/locks
>>>
>>> Heads up for anyone who parks his/her bike in Block 89 but might not
>>> always bike out at the end of the day. (As for the mention of locks without
>>> bikes, there might be a special place in Hell reserved for the
>>> self-entitled morons who presume to "reserve" a prime spot by placing a
>>> lock on it.):
>>>
>>>
>>> - - - - -
>>>
>>> Hello Block 89 Tenants –
>>>
>>> Many folks enjoy biking to work! ULI is pleased to provided bike racks
>>> and a maintenance station on level P1 of the parking ramp.
>>>
>>> Several bike commuters have provided feedback to our office about the
>>> presence of several abandoned bicycles and locks on the racks.  We will be
>>> tagging these bicycles and locks tonight asking for them to be removed.  If
>>> we do not hear from the owners of the abandoned items we will remove them
>>> to make more room for our active bikers.
>>>
>>> - - - - -
>>>
>>>
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