[SBC] Red Line bike parking- more good news

[walker2468 at earthlink.net]

thanks Eric.

Just to be clear: the T will tag and remove bikes after receiving a request from the host community?

-Greg

-----Original Message-----
>From: Erik Scheier <EScheier at mbta.com>
>Sent: May 29, 2007 11:57 AM
>To: walker2468 at earthlink.net, rosenblumj at gmail.com, phil.goff at goodyclancy.com
>Cc: cseiderman at cambridgema.gov, SWinslow at ci.somerville.ma.us, Brian Postlewaite <postbc at gmail.com>, Ken Field Cambridge Bicycle Committee <ken at kenfield.org>, Sbc at lists.bostoncoop.net, Barbara MacKenzie <BMacKenzie at mbta.com>, David Loutzenheiser <dloutzen at verizon.net>, ljslotnick at yahoo.com
>Subject: Re: [SBC] Red Line bike parking- more good news
>
>Yes, the abandoned bikes in question were tagged and removed in
>accordance with the MBTA's 14-day policy.
>
>
>>>> <walker2468 at earthlink.net> 5/29/2007 11:46 AM >>>
>Yes, but were these bikes *tagged* according to MBTA procedures vetted
>through the T's Bikes and Transit Advisory Commitee? This was something
>the Somerville Bicycle Committee talked about recently.
>
>Eric, could you please address my question? 
>
>-Greg Palmer 
>member, Somerville Bicycle Committee
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: SWinslow at ci.somerville.ma.us 
>Sent: May 29, 2007 11:30 AM 
>To: phil.goff at goodyclancy.com, rosenblumj at gmail.com 
>Cc: EScheier at mbta.com, SWinslow at ci.somerville.ma.us,
>ljslotnick at yahoo.com, Sbc at lists.bostoncoop.net,
>cseiderman at cambridgema.gov, BMacKenzie at mbta.com 
>Subject: Re: [SBC] Red Line bike parking- more good news 
>
>Some additional good news ... I was at Porter Square station and met
>the MBTA Construction chief who had bolt cutters in hand to remove
>abandoned bikes.. they had already done Davis Square.. 
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Goff, Phil [mailto:phil.goff at goodyclancy.com] 
>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:22 AM
>To: rosenblumj at gmail.com 
>Cc: cseiderman at cambridgema.gov; ljslotnick at yahoo.com;
>swinslow at ci.somerville.ma.us; EScheier at mbta.com; BMacKenzie at mbta.com
>
>Subject: Red Line bike parking
>
>
>Hi Jeff et al -Most days that I park my bike at Alewife Station, I'm
>amazed by how many people ride during the summer (and all year round for
>that matter). Last week while on paternity leave, I went over to Alewife
>in the middle of a sunny, 70-degree weekday to make a count. For the
>work you're doing with the T on bike parking issue, I thought it might
>be helpful to have a sense of the demand: to my pleasant surprise I
>counted 202 bikes and I was careful to exclude obviously
>abandoned/vandalized bikes. From what I typically see early in the AM
>and on my way home, I don't think this was an aberration and is probably
>the norm on nice days.Given that it's not uncommon for up to 100 bikes
>to be parked at other stations in Cambridge, the quantity of T-riders
>who start their trip on bike and need good end-of-trip facilities is
>possibly more significant than many realize.I hope you find this
>helpful. Good luck!-PhilPhil Goff
>Senior Urban Designer
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