Re: [Ebbc-Talk] [Discuss] Another bike stolen!

Bill,

I'm sorry for your loss. Do you have photos to share of the bike
and complete records of its serial number, components, etc.?

I LIKE your suggestion that warning signs be posted when 
bike thefts surpass a given threshold.

Other ideas that might be implemented when bike thefts surpass certain levels: 

a) mandatory installation of video cameras,
b) mandatory supervised and staffed bike parking corrals or cages, 
c) mandatory re-positioning of bike racks to more visible locations, or
d) mandatory installation of e-lockers like BART has.

In the interim, standing outside with a protest sign and passing out flyers
detailing the problem might be a great "guerrilla tactic" to pursue if 
management or owners are unresponsive to initial conversations...

What kind(s) of lock(s) were you using, BTW?

Here is a link to the current "best practice" of using TWO U-locks
on your bike (one on the rear wheel and frame and bike rack,
one on the front wheel, frame, and bike rack)...

http://www.bart.gov/docs/BARTPolice_BikeSheet.pdf

Sympathetically yours,

Jon Spangler
a 6-time bike theft victim....



On Aug 26, 2012, at 6:15 PM, J.W.T. Meakin wrote:

> This is my third bike theft in 3 years, and I am getting thoroughly fed up. This time it was from in front of the Lucky store in the shopping center on 9th St.
> 
> One store employee and two passers-by said Yes, they had had bicycles stolen from the same rack. Bicycle theft from that rack is common. Was there a warning sign saying so? You guess the answer. Was there a security camera?  You guess the answer.
> 
> I asked store managers why, if they knew theft was common, there was no warning. The response was the same I received from Trader Joe's in Alameda: "We just rent the place. The property owner controls the exterior".
> 
> Information has reached my ears about a similar theft problem from the multi-story car park on Central, extending up Oak to Lincoln. That means right outside the police station.
> 
> Is anyone interested in creating a lobby for a city regulation requiring the posting of warning signs near bicycle parking facilities where theft is common? Something containing the actal number of bicycles stolen over the last 3 years, say, updated quarterly?
> 
> Bill.
> 
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