Regarding Terrelbrown's comments: Shortly after Nicollet Mall was opened to bicylists in 1993, Metro Transit was involved in a fatal accident with a bicyclist on Nicollet Mall. As a result Metro Transit is very sensitive about our relationship with bikes. On the one hand, every one of our new buses will have a bike rack (and we have applied for funds to retrofit current buses with bike racks). On the other hand we supported the effort to restrict bike traffic on the Mall and paid to help the city build lanes on downtown streets especially for bikes. Hope this provides some perspective.
Jenn Hathaway Director of Public Relations Metropolitan Council >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/03/02 02:01PM >>> Walking back from lunch today I noticed an interesting police activity in front of the Target office building on the mall: The transit cops (3 of them) were stopping bicyclist riding up the mall. Now, I know we have this stupid city ordinance that says they can't do that. Its right up there with the ordinance CM Schiff can't rent a room in their house because that would be to many people whom the city considers "unrelated". Maybe one of the cops should have been tagging the unmarked squad for being illegally parked on the sidewalk. Reminds me of a few years back when the park cops were running radar on the Lake Harriet bike path. Now, how many police departments do we really need in this town? Terrell Brown Loring Park terrell at terrellbrown dot org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
