Comments on: NYC Government Office Cracks Down on Indoor Bike Parking

By: R

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:58:04 +0000

Casper,

I don't know where you consider the "Motherland of all bicycles" since you did not say where you were from, but obviously you are not aware of the issue of rampant bike theft in New York. So, comprehension problem?

No, locks are not obligatory here, why would they be if you aren't parking outside? You need a lock to ride your bike around? Not to mention the fact that it would be one thing if, like many buildings, this was just another private building that had always required bikes to be parked outside. It's another thing entirely when you work for the City of New York as a public servant and have always been allowed protected bike parking, and suddenly in the same year as the new DOT bike plan and Plan NYC 2030 and numerous campaigns to encourage cycling to work that privilege is taken away.

Please check out the issues before making assumptions. Protected bike parking is a veritable necessity in this city if you want to keep your bike. Also, you might want to do a little more research on the affects of rain on steel, and particularly on chains/drivetrains, brakes and bolts.

By: casper

casper — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:53:45 +0000

Hi from the motherland of all bicycles. Did I read that correctly, you bike around without a lock and expect to put it in the office next to your desk? That would be very strange indeed this side of the ocean. Locks are obligatory by law and rightly so. And it takes around 10 years of permanent exposure to all sorts of weather for tyour bike to wither down. So, luxury problem?

By: Havens-of-Manhattan

Havens-of-Manhattan — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:39:06 +0000

Perhaps..just perhaps: If we can combine the invention of Bike Claw from America's Inventor (channel 7),this would alleviate the spacing problem

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:26:14 +0000

I just wanted to point out that while my employment is mentioned in the article any comments I made or will make on this topic are not made as a representative of HPD or City government.

By: John Hunka

John Hunka — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:57:47 +0000

I work in Civil Court at 111 Centre Street, and I've been trying for over a year to get a bike rack installed at the employee's entrance to the building. More than eighteen months have gone by since I submitted my request to DOT, and I'm still waiting for a bike rack at that location. In the meantime, those of us who bike to work in Civil Court are locking out bikes to "no parking" signs.

By: Chun

Chun — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:26:31 +0000

Bloomberg is running NYC like a business. Business to make money and rob hardworking people of their money. Look at all that fines, tickets and summons.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:46:30 +0000

Anyone ever wonder if we just have TOO MANY city employees? Wanna bet we could eliminate half of them and run things more efficiently? I thought Bloomberg was going to operate NYC like a business.

By: Tuna Loaf

Tuna Loaf — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:41:46 +0000

No offense to any DCAS StreetsBlog readers out there, but the people in the DCAS offices are a bunch of pencil pushers. They are probably for the most part completely oblivious to the Mayor's PlaNYC initiative, and are enacting this policy to save city building's floors from bike tire scuff marks. It's a bureaucratic decision which can probably be easily reversed.

By: pa

pa — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:37:05 +0000

what i wonder is this... why is bloomberg so out of touch with what people want as far as bicyle parking in this city? doesn't he have people on his staff who read this blog and the like and inform him of what's really happening in the streets? i think he's done some good things for the city but he is out of touch or just plain not in the know on certain issues. any bloomie peeps read this blog have anything to say about this? it's just amazing that there is no initiative for secure public bicycle parking in this city when he's trying to "green" nyc. it blows my mind! how long can this go on already?

By: Ed Crotch

Ed Crotch — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:01:33 +0000

let's see, we have Mayor Bloomberg who is very green and encourages bicycling, then we have the NYPD who thinks that all bicyclists are hippie liberals. Not only that, you have site's like uncivilservants.org which point out abuses by a lot of the cigty workers. So when these lowlifes want to retaliate, they take it out on bicyclists anyway they can without running you over.

By: ddartley

ddartley — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:54:36 +0000

Well, one good thing about the nyc.gov site is it makes it easy to contact City departments, which I'm going to do on this subject! I encourage other readers to do the same:

http://nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/contact/contact.shtml

Of course, John Hunka's suggestion might be better--write to higher-up, the Mayor.

By: John Hunka

John Hunka — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:34:50 +0000

Perhaps it would be helpful to write a letter to Mayor Bloomberg complaining about this policy. I think his office might act on your behalf.

By: weeverling

weeverling — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:10:41 +0000

DCAS did the same thing about a week or two ago at 2 Lafayette Street. No notice. Employees have have been coming in with their bikes for the last couple of years and using the elevators with NO PROBLEMS. DCAS is supposed "Set policy for bicycles in city owned buildings" (p137 PlaNYC Mobility Needs Assessment 2007-2030). It seems they are doing the exact opposite of the stated purpose of the PlaNYC documents.