Back before I owned a home, I did live on Carling Drive which is parallel to Allied on the other side of the bike path. This was before the bike path - in fact I saw a train go by a couple of times. Of course I was into biking back then. I had bikes in my living room and a bike in my kitchen. See the problem? Normal people (not like us) don't like to store bikes in those areas. But there wasn't any other place. I suggest zoning for all new apartments require indoor storage for bicycles. Perhaps we can find a way to retrofit the old apartments. A warehouse at the park would have been too far away for me. My bikes would have stayed in the apartment.
Bike storage needs to be on each residential property, and indoors. Lockers and garages are ok, but an outdoor rack doesn't work for overnight storage. So that is my 2 cents as a former resident. Torrey > -------Original Message------- > From: Robbie Webber via Bikies <[email protected]> > To: Peter Gray <[email protected]> > Cc: Bikies ListServe <[email protected]>, Council & Mayor (Fitchburg) > <Council&[email protected]>, Cheeks, Maurice > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Everyone rides in Madison- and Fitchburg > Sent: 28 Mar '16 13:58 > > +1 on everything Peter said about point # 1. One only has to look at > the number of bikes in the UW area as well as the number of bikes > STOLEN in the UW area to see that as bike never loses its street > value. > > As to what and where something should be started, built, or organized > in the Allied Drive area, one thing that was crystal clear from the > webinar/discussion on anti-displacement and working with low-income > and minority communities on bike issues (Alliance for Biking and > Walking and facilitated by Mike Smart of Putgers University), it is > critical to the success of any programs in these neighborhoods that we > ask the community members directly what they want and how they would > like it to be built/run/organized. > > Instead of us speculating on Bikies -- a forum that I would bet has > very few people from the Allied Dr area subscribed or participating -- > about what would be a good idea, how about if we ask them? Any program > anywhere -- regardless of the location, income demographics, culture, > language, or local customs of the people in that area -- will be more > successful if it has the buy-in and support of the community to begin > with. Planning for something before that conversation is premature. > > Robbie Webber > Transportation Policy Analyst > 608-263-9984 (o) > > 608-225-0002 (c) > > [email protected] > All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those > of my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated. > [snip] _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
