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We had a great time with NBC5's Omar Villafranca and his cameraman Mike today. They asked to meet some of us in downtown Dallas to shoot a story on the petition.
You can see the video clip by clicking here.
Jeff Floyd and I represented the bikes; Mark Roberts and Louis Giamalva represented the scooters.
From the comments left on the petition and what we are hearing from fellow riders is that this issue on bike parking is a timely topic. Honestly, we aren't asking for the world - something as simple as 1 metered space in a block could comfortably fit 4-5 bikes; 2 end spaces in a parking lot could hold 6 bikes.
We so appreciate everyone that has signed the petition and sincerely hope that with all this media attention, the Dallas City Council will take note of this issue and do something to provide a perk to those of us that are already embracing fuel efficiency!
Kudos to the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas for already considering implementing bike friendly parking. We will let you know should the Fairmont move forward with this action.
Please take time to sign the petition by clicking here!
Please click this link to sign the petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/dallasbp/petition.htmlFor those of us with motorcycles & scooters, we like to make sure they are in safe environments.
Non-bikers don't understand how easy it is to steal a motorcycle or scooter and that bikers will go to extreme lengths to ensure our bikes are highly visible to deter thefts and vandals.
With gasoline escalating in price almost daily, we are seeing more bikes on the road commuting and running errands. Additionally, by implementing "motorcycle only" parking, it makes the cagers more aware of us -- and it might get some of them out of their SUV's and on to 2 wheels with the rest of us!
Let's band together to make the Dallas City Council aware that whether we are blue collar, white collar, executives or students that we are out there and it's high time we stopped being treated like "biker trash" and that we if compact cars and SUV's can have special designated parking, than so can the bikes & scooters!
