Fwd: BIKE: UT impounding unregistered bikes

[Lane Wimberley]

Oh, fer cryin' out loud.  Apologies to Jeff, who will now get this twice.

-Lane, who can't seem to learn the difference between "Reply" and
"Reply All" <sigh>

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From: Lane Wimberley <bikelane>
Date: May 19, 2005 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: BIKE: UT impounding unregistered bikes
To: Thorne <jeffrey.thorne>


On 5/19/05, Thorne <jeffrey.thorne> wrote:
> "abandoned bikes on campus breed more bike thieves"
>
> The thing about that assertion that strikes me as odd is that property
> abandoned cannot be stolen, by definition.

Absolutely.  This policy is absurd.  It is an idiotic way to address the problem
of bike theft.  Will registering bikes prevent (or even reduce) theft?
 Doubt it.
If bike theft is the problem that UT wishes to solve, then they need
to bite the
bullet and improve security at bike lock-ups, plain and simple.  Problem is, of
course, that improving security increases costs, and we all know how
absolutely strapped poor UT is for cash.

> Am I being unreasonable to suggest that: (1) UT should place scads of highly
> visible signs warning would be parkers of unregistered bicycles that UT will
> impound them;

On the contrary, you'd be unreasonable to suggest otherwise.

> (2) UT should accomodate unregistered bike parking at campus
> venues likely to be visited by bike by those who are on campus only on rare
> occasions (e.g., PCL, Cactus Cafe);

Basically, UT needs (secure) guest bike parking.

Man, for being an institution of higher learning ostensibly
home to an above-average number of intellectual elites, they
sure as hell come up with some dumb-as-shit ideas.

-Lane


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"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the
human race."
- HG Wells


-- 
"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the
human race."
- HG Wells