Eye on the Street
Decatur Metro | August 3, 2011
“Overflow Parking at 4/5 Academy” Decatur GA (pic submitted by E.J.)
“Overflow Parking at 4/5 Academy” Decatur GA (pic submitted by E.J.)
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Great shot. Got a sort of Walking Dead-ness to the color and light. Today I counted five bikes beyond what would fit on the 4/5 racks. Curious how that will grow once more kids — and their parents — get comfortable with the bike routes.
A related issue is whether to push the issue of locking bicycles which requires more railing/bike rack space. At Clairemont and Glennwood, a minority of bicycles are locked but the bicycle parking areas are pretty far back off the streets. At FAVE, unlocked bicycles are closer to the street so will be more tempting to bikelifters.
I would advise locking all bikes up. Even though the Glennwood bicycle area is far off the street my 5th grader had a bike stolen there last year.
My son had his bike stolen in front of Glennwood two years ago
I think it’s more Alien Invasionish than Walking Deadish… but that’s just me.
I thought the number of racks looked small for the number of kids at the school.
My kids think it is too hot in the afternoons to bike.
Did the original plans not have more bike racks?
I recommend locking up at Glennwood. My son had a bike stolen there a couple of years ago. It’s a little too close to Ponce. The principal used to always recommend locking up there.
Principal Roaden says more racks are on order…
Great!
Infuriates me to think of kids’ bikes getting lifted off the playground, but unfortunately seems especially likely in these early days of F.AVE. Suggestion: all-out, noisy campaign to get every Decatur kid’s bike “tattooed” somehow, making them easy to identify (engrave initials or some other identifying info) and the serial no. recorded. Make it noisy to increase likelihood that thieves will be aware of it. (This in addition to locking up, and installing extra racks as necessary to accommodate locked bikes.)
Have you not noticed that all kinds of metals are being stolen and sold for scrap? You might want to tattoo the bike racks, too.
Lock ‘em if they’re out of sight, and in your garage if you care for them.
Did you read the whole thread?
Yes, today and yesterday, as a matter of fact. Your point?
Kids who ride their bikes to school can’t put them in the nonexistent garage when they get there. They have to park where the bike racks are.
Playground. Garage. School. Makes no difference to me. If bikes are unattended they should be locked to a fixed object.
Garage? You have a garage? I don’t know whether to hate you or envy you. I’ve decided on both.
No, I presumed others might have one. Our bikes live in the shed and basement.
Classic southern detached garages (vs. attached McMansion garages) aren’t very useful anyway. They often have rodent holes and accumulate spider webs, invader weeds, all sorts of bugs, carpenter ants, carpenter bee holes (beautiful but destructive), termites, and other things that make them not too good for storing anything you value.