BIKE: Fw: Central Market bike racks

[Joe Mitchell/Diversified Media Applications]

THANKS ERIC!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Anderson <bikeeric>
To: Rhonda Brown <brown.rhonda>
Cc: Stephen Kreidler <stephen.kreidler>; Joe Mitchell
<joe.mitchell>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 4:02 PM
Subject: Central Market bike racks


> To: Rhonda Brown, Assistant to the District Manager, HEB
> Re: Central Market bike racks
>
> Ms. Brown:
>
> Please do the right thing and restore bike parking recently removed from
> the Central Market location.
>
> When I lived near Shoal Creek Blvd., I shopped at the just opened Central
> Market. I parked my bike at the racks in question many-many times during
> the three years I lived in the neighborhood.
>
> The racks were convenient, and their prominence announced that Central
> Market was a "bike-friendly" establishment. Please correct what must have
> been a mistake, and replace with bike-racks that will provide the
> convenience and security that your customers desire.
>
> See City of Austin bike program web-page on bike racks for resources:
> http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/bicycle/pwbirack.htm
>
> Do however ignore the "Class II" racks depicted, as these are quite
> useless to most cyclists, are visually obtrusive, and constitute hazards
> to both pedestrians and the handicapped.
>
> The "Class III" racks (inverted "U") are universally accepted by cyclists.
> Alternatively, the "ribbon rack", though less supportive of individual
> parked bikes, has also met with near universal acceptance by bicyclists.
>
> Thank you for your consideration,
>
> Eric Anderson, Friends of Lance Armstrong Bikeway
>
>
> =====
> Eric Anderson <bikeeric>
> (512) 476-7304
>
>
>
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