BIKE: Cedar Street cuts bike locks

[Jay Paulson]

I say next time get a harder lock to cut through :)  But that's just me.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles McNeil" <carzsuck>
To: <forum>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: BIKE: Cedar Street cuts bike locks


> Aha!  I was thinking of the Cedar Door.  They have a parking lot.  If
> someone parked their car in the middle of the parking lot, the management
> would go find the owner and get them to move it.  It would be easier than
> towing it and better public relations.
> There is a bike rack around the corner from Cedar Street on Lavaca St.
> I can see where Cedar Street wouldn't want anything impeding that area.
> It's pretty busy around there.  There is no room for a bicycle rack
directly
> in front of the bar, because the sidewalk is narrow and heavily travelled.
> It still sucks that they decided to cut the lock.  It seems like it would
> have taken less effort to go into the bar and find out who parked there
and
> ask them to move.  I don't know how often they deal with that problem, but
I
> would imagine, if it is often, which it probably is, their patience is
worn
> thin on the subject.
>
>
>
> > Charles McNeil wrote:
> >
> > >If it was a car parked where it wasn't supposed to be parked, they
would
> go
> > >inside and find who was driving that car.
> > >
> > >
> > No, they wouldn't.
> >
> > If the car was parked illegally on the street, the city would ticket it
> > (and maybe tow it).
> >
> > If the bar actually had a parking lot (which they don't), the bar MIGHT
> > be nice and go try to find the owner; but in my experience they probably
> > would not - they'd probably tow it away very quickly.
> >
> > Bicycle advocacy is best served by thoughtful reasoned argument, not
> > exaggeration.
> >
> > - MD
> >
>
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