Comments on: Bank of America: Bike + Credit Card = Freedom

By: Rick Galas

Rick Galas — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:38:56 +0000

That credit card has a high APR that the average person looking to buy a red bike cannot afford. They would be better off buying the bike with a prepaid debit card like the Bank Freedom card.

By: ben

ben — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:35:30 +0000

#1 – the new Bank of America building will be the first skyscraper (i think…) built to LEED Platinum spec.

i don’t have the exact text handy, but i believe secure bicycle parking is mandated, though there are no qualitative standards set forth for exactly how that bike parking must be provided.

i work in the Hearst tower, which is LEED Gold certified, and it provides secure, albeit somewhat unfriendly, bike parking.

cyclists are provided a rack in the loading dock area which is always staffed by security and facilities folks who are very friendly.

since it’s a working loading dock, you occasionally have to maneuver through a maze of palettes being offloaded or past bags of stinky garbage to access the rack, though.

there are also no lockers or showers are provided for cyclists, and not once in the workplace orientation program (which all new employees attend) did anyone mention indoor bike parking.

i hope B of A does better!

By: Andy B from Jersey

Andy B from Jersey — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:01:01 +0000

All points well taken but at least the bikes got a Brooks! I still don’t know how I feel about the Brooks bar tape however.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:59:01 +0000

He looks a bit like the Mac guy from the Apple ads. You half expect the Microsoft guy to whiz by him in an SUV.

By: fred

fred — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:11:11 +0000

I wonder if the new BOA tower will provide bicycle parking.