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mcrib
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I heard on local NPR that Fayette CO. is being forced to suspend all resurfacing projects b/c of the budget shortfall, guess that means a halt to new bike lanes as well.
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elzie5000
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I didn't mean that legacy trail is a bad thing, I was just talking about separate urban trails in general having a downside.
Mixed use linear parks are a great thing, but so is redesigning bad intersections (ie almost every one involving new circle) so that bikes and pedestrians can cross them more safely. |
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brokebike
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if they were to push for separating bikes from cars throughout the urban and metro areas, then yes... that would be a bad thing, and rightly so, bike advocates everywhere (even outside of Lexington) would protest heavily.
But honestly, do you really see that happening?
We can't even fix our storm sewers.
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jkizzle
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| brokebike wrote: | | a little bird told me that UK may soon be doing bike licenses, which may also include an educational component in order to complete the process. |
for all bikes?? Thats BS. I understand people suck at riding around campus, but the whole point of having a bike is that I dont have to have a car and be registered and pay fees to use it, in addition to the green aspects. Unless this is just for the WildcatWheels bikes, I do not like this one bit. |
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brokebike
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| jkizzle wrote: | | brokebike wrote: | | a little bird told me that UK may soon be doing bike licenses, which may also include an educational component in order to complete the process. |
for all bikes?? Thats BS. I understand people suck at riding around campus, but the whole point of having a bike is that I dont have to have a car and be registered and pay fees to use it, in addition to the green aspects. Unless this is just for the WildcatWheels bikes, I do not like this one bit. |
Many universities already have these in place, and many times it is free to students. The ones that cost money are really cheap (probably $5 or so) and remain valid for as long as the holder owns the bike. I doubt they would be heavy handed about it, and it probably wouldn't be enforced unless you did something stupid, like lock your bike up where it's not supposed to be, or you get your bike impounded. Then, if you didn't have the license, you could be subject to a fine.
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elzie5000
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| brokebike wrote: | | We can't even fix our storm sewers. |
We could always combine the two. Sprints under Vine anyone?
College bike registrations can reduce theft and help get stolen bikes back to their owners. Or they can be a big screwed up mess. All depends on the implementation. |
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willard
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| If they do start doing registration for bikes on campus, I wonder if I would have to pay a fee and/or take a test for all three bikes that I ride to campus... |
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sailorjames
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| brokebike wrote: | | jkizzle wrote: | | brokebike wrote: | | a little bird told me that UK may soon be doing bike licenses, which may also include an educational component in order to complete the process. |
for all bikes?? Thats BS. I understand people suck at riding around campus, but the whole point of having a bike is that I dont have to have a car and be registered and pay fees to use it, in addition to the green aspects. Unless this is just for the WildcatWheels bikes, I do not like this one bit. |
Many universities already have these in place, and many times it is free to students. The ones that cost money are really cheap (probably $5 or so) and remain valid for as long as the holder owns the bike. I doubt they would be heavy handed about it, and it probably wouldn't be enforced unless you did something stupid, like lock your bike up where it's not supposed to be, or you get your bike impounded. Then, if you didn't have the license, you could be subject to a fine. |
I've actually seen a surprising number of bikes come into the shop with licenses from various locations, Louisiana, Florida, South Dakota, South Carolina, I even feel like I've seen some Lexington licenses, but it could have been another Lexington. I personally am for this, especially if the money were to go directly towards bicycle projects. I would however expect the licenses to be FAR less expensive than a car license, so as to act as an incentive to get on a bike before a car. Somewhere around $10-15 would be reasonable to me, with either no renewal or something like 10 years renewal. |
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politicalhero
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Damn this topic has gone all over the place... just a few things.
Correct me if I am wrong but I believe this portion of the Legacy trail is mostly if not all privately funded, except for the land donation. It is being sponsored by the Knight Foundation.
Also, I think the bike license is good because usually when dumb ass kids get their bike impounded for locking it up to random stuff they automatically assume it was stolen and do nothing else. I guess this is the mentality when you have an expensive bike that momma and daddy bought you. I have been in the impound garage a bunch digging for wildcat wheel bikes and I have always seen multiple bikes that are each more expensive than my most prized bike. The officer told me last night just that, kids never call they just think they were stolen.
So not only can you be contacted if you bike was impounded but you can also have yet another identifier when your bike gets stolen. |
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elzie5000
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The Knight Foundation?
I thought they were all about putting ex-cons in computerized trans-ams so they could fight crime while wearing leather pants.
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