Comments on: New Version of Bicycle Access Bill Surfaces in City Council http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/04/new-version-of-bicycle-access-bill-surfaces-in-city-council/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Ken http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/04/new-version-of-bicycle-access-bill-surfaces-in-city-council/comment-page-1/#comment-69348 Ken Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:58:35 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6324#comment-69348 There is another basis for an exception: The building owner can simply declare that "The building's passenger elevator and/or freight elevator is not available for the use described in this article and include[s] the reasons for such assertion." What would prevent an owner from simply saying "we have too much elevator traffic to allow bikes"? There is another basis for an exception: The building owner can simply declare that "The building's passenger elevator and/or freight elevator is not available for the use described in this article and include[s] the reasons for such assertion." What would prevent an owner from simply saying "we have too much elevator traffic to allow bikes"?

]]> By: Brooklyn http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/04/new-version-of-bicycle-access-bill-surfaces-in-city-council/comment-page-1/#comment-69341 Brooklyn Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:12:42 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6324#comment-69341 Put an umbrella over the U-posts at Rockefeller Center -- where no one currently parks their bike because theft is certain -- and you would fulfill the current language. With bike paths proliferating, we're seeing an evolution in perspective of cycling as transportation. Normalizing secure parking would be the other side of that evolution. Put an umbrella over the U-posts at Rockefeller Center -- where no one currently parks their bike because theft is certain -- and you would fulfill the current language.

With bike paths proliferating, we're seeing an evolution in perspective of cycling as transportation. Normalizing secure parking would be the other side of that evolution.

]]> By: Doug http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/04/new-version-of-bicycle-access-bill-surfaces-in-city-council/comment-page-1/#comment-69319 Doug Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:42:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6324#comment-69319 What good is sheltered, but unsecure bike parking? So a thief doesn't get wet when he's stealing my bike? What good is sheltered, but unsecure bike parking? So a thief doesn't get wet when he's stealing my bike?

]]> By: Urbanis http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/04/new-version-of-bicycle-access-bill-surfaces-in-city-council/comment-page-1/#comment-69307 Urbanis Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:43:36 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6324#comment-69307 I don't see the point of the exemptions. The commercial tenant should have the right to determine whether bicycles can be brought in to the space they're leasing. I don't see the point of the exemptions. The commercial tenant should have the right to determine whether bicycles can be brought in to the space they're leasing.

]]> By: Mike Epstein http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/04/new-version-of-bicycle-access-bill-surfaces-in-city-council/comment-page-1/#comment-69304 Mike Epstein Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:24:50 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6324#comment-69304 Sheltered parking in plazas isn't enough, because it's not secure. The point of this bill used to be to provide secure bike parking. Sheltered parking in plazas isn't enough, because it's not secure. The point of this bill used to be to provide secure bike parking.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/04/new-version-of-bicycle-access-bill-surfaces-in-city-council/comment-page-1/#comment-69303 anonymous Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:19:23 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6324#comment-69303 This plus plenty of <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/14/streetfilms-bike-parking-for-just-pennies-per-hour/" rel="nofollow">on-street card-access bike lockers</a> and we're good to go. This plus plenty of on-street card-access bike lockers and we're good to go.

]]> By: Ian Turner http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/04/new-version-of-bicycle-access-bill-surfaces-in-city-council/comment-page-1/#comment-69302 Ian Turner Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:12:42 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6324#comment-69302 "Public/Private plazas" almost certainly refers to public plazas located on private land, such as <a HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=&g=1166+Avenue+of+the+Americas,+New+York,+New+York,+New+York+10036&ie=UTF8&ll=40.756459,-73.982001&spn=0,359.998364&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=40.756419,-73.981905&panoid=-ZUnEVNH2ZwmHhfLS3f4iw&cbp=12,28.97,,0,0.8" rel="nofollow">this spot</A>. "Public/Private plazas" almost certainly refers to public plazas located on private land, such as this spot.

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