BIKE: Fw: Central Market bike racks

[Robert Farr]

I was all prepared to go off on a rant for my Cycling News column and on the
editor's orders did something I've never done before. I called the HEB
public affairs regional office and played phone tag for about 15 minutes to
get a definitive answer.

I just now (5:05 PM on Friday, 19 Nov 2004) received a callback from a Mr.
Chuck Estes of Central Market who told me that he'd been made aware of some
recent email traffic on the subject. He told me that the bike rack was
removed for a recent gala event that occurred recently and that the rack was
mistakenly not reinstalled. He also told me that they had just recovered the
racks from the clutter out behind the store and that racks would be
reinstalled up front, right where they were by the gong, very soon indeed.

Rat's! Now I've got to think of something else to write about.

Perhaps someone  can quantify who exactly was the source of the comment that
included the nugget that CM did not intend to reinstall the bike rack. I'd
appreciate it.
-- 
Robert Farr
Webmaster Austin Cycling Association
www.austincycling.org
bobfarr




> From: Joe Mitchell/Diversified Media Applications <joe.mitchell>
> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:00:14 -0600
> To: forum for bikes <forum-bicycleaustin.info>
> Subject: BIKE: Fw: Central Market bike racks
> 
> 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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