Fwd: [DCC] Re: Where do you park?

[Sameer Panchangam]

Looks like Delhi DU Metro station has a bike rental facility.

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From: Ashish Gupta <ashis...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Subject: [DCC] Re: Where do you park?
To: kaa <k.a....@gmail.com>
Cc: delhicycling <delhic...@googlegroups.com>


Well I do not have any problem to date per se, since in Gurgaon running errands around the place we have bike stands at most market places here.

But you do have a point. Recently I had the oppurtunity to rent a bike at the DU metro station. The Bikes are at a stand similar to a Bus stand and it was convinient getting the bikes parked and out. It may be a good idea to have a study on how the bike stands are managed in Denmark/Netherlands and create a proposal to submit to the transport ministers office. Since they are thinking about cycling tracks it may be a good idea to have pit stop stands along the way even.

- Ashish

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:32 AM, kaa <k.a....@gmail.com> wrote:

I was wondering if it is even legal for someone to park there cycle in
a 2 wheeler parking. For one bicycles do not have a registration
number which the attendants can write on the coupon. So it all comes
to the fact that you have to get familiar with them and then hope that
they will be there when you come back to get your bike. And hope that
their shift does not end before you come back.

Commuting to work is just one occasion you can use. For some their
office is too far. But most of us have to run errands near our houses.
So there we have multiple ocassions of pedalling. Are there any people
who find the unavailability or difficulty to park their expensive
bikes a deterrant in cycling?

If there are many people, can we think of a legal way for this? Thats
one reason I mailed this to the group. Weekend rides is just one part
of what this group can do. With so many people we can put leverage on
authorities to change policies and rules too.

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Ashish Gupta <ashis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Although I have not faced any such predicament to date, I realise that there
> is general malaise towards the odd cyclists. If it strange that they do not
> allow you to park in two wheeler stands too. One thing I have done in the
> past is to park it locked in the 2 wheeler stand but in a place where, if
> any one wants to snitch it - they will have to lift it over their heads and
> take it through, something that will be pretty obvious for the parking
> attendant to see.
>
> The one problem that I have faced is the attendants wanting to twiddle with
> the gears! Curiosity gets the better of them, I just let some of them ride
> it out to satisfy their minds.
>
> If you go to a regular parking lot - get to know the attendants a bit. Once
> it get personal it gets a bit safer.
>
> Cheers
> Ashish
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:04 PM, kaa <k.a....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi ,
>> Apart from ocassionally cycling to office, I find it especially useful
>> for running errands. Buying grocery, or such small things to nearby
>> markets and malls. One difficulty I find is that I never seem to find
>> parking space for bicycles. The m.c.d parking guys almost always
>> refuse to park bicycles. I tell them, that I am willing to pay as much
>> parking fees as a motorbike, and reason that it even takes lesser
>> space. But they always seem to be wary that someone might just pick
>> the bicycle and flee. Even if they agree to let me park, there is a
>> sense of illegitimacy about the whole thing. And I almost never get a
>> coupon.
>>
>> Ocassionally when I am desperate and don't have any other choice, I
>> lock it to a telephone pole.
>>
>> Do you face similar problems? What do you guys do about it?
>>
>> happy pedalling,
>> kaa
>> http://rega.in
>>
>> >>
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