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From: Steven Bercu &lt;bercu at limelaw.com&gt;<br>
To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org<br>
Sent: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 12:03 pm<br>
Subject: [*BCM*] *BCM*] Electro Bike....Re: Battered Biker Syndrome<br>
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<div class=3D"MsoNormal">Regarding bike parking shortages and the competit=
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few scarce rack spaces among bikes, scooters and motorcycles . . . The sta=
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bike parking facilities in Cambridge and Boston is currently inadequate.&n=
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Cyclists collectively provide an enormous service to the community by fore=
going
cars other vehicles and their attendant noise, dangerousness, consumption=
 of
space, harmful emissions, strain on infrastructure and visual blight.&nbsp=
; Yet we
are left to scrounge for places to park the vehicles that make this contri=
bution
possible.&nbsp; What we really need is more bike corrals installed former=
 on-street
parking spaces.&nbsp; There=E2=80=99s a nice one outside the Other Side ca=
f=C3=A9 on
Newbury Street.&nbsp; Portland, OR and increasingly&nbsp; San Francisco ha=
ve done a beautiful
job with this and Boston should follow suit.&nbsp; We could have a much be=
tter
organized and civilized set up for bike parking and really enhance our qua=
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