Thank you, Melissa. Amending the city code for bicycle parking is exactly what should be done.
I use my two-wheeled wonder for 90 percent of my urban excursions. I have put 2000 miles on my odometer this year. But in my experience, the accommodation for bicycles in the Twin Cities is appalling. Every day, my life is threatened by some idiot behind the wheel. When I arrive at my destination, the city usually gives me the collective finger by providing no place to put my bicycle. The feeling I continually get from Minneapolis is that alternative transportation is not welcome and barely tolerated. I would like to live in a city that raises the bar even higher than what Melissa suggested. I would like Minneapolis to require that for every new or repaved parking space for cars, a business must install one parking slot for bicycles. Why should Minneapolis implement radical changes for transportation? Go outside and breathe the air. Observe the eerie red band around the entire horizon at sunset. Try to hold a conversation at the intersection of two major streets at 5:00. Try to implement pedestrian right-of-way in the face of snarling metal monstrosities -- often occupied by people who act like they cannot be delayed one second, because they must be in the diplomatic core and on their way to negotiate world peace. Slow down and get out of your car. Mark Knapp Kingfield --- Melissa Wyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems to me that if we are required to allot a set number > of parking spaces for a business, the city could also put a > requirement for a minimum number of bicycle rack spaces into > code as well. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
