February 6, 2012

SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "More fines for riding bikes on malls, sidewalks"

Hmmm....let's see.

The City of Aspen goes crazy wild in favor of supporting  a bike-share company and backs that support up with a whole lot of seed money.

The bike-share startup  comes back with a plan that shows each bike costing $6,000 EACH.

And now, the same city ratchets up the rules, laws and fines for breaking either by seriously stepping up enforcement within the City of Aspen.  With 60% of the folks supporting that.

Hmmmm....exactly how does this add up to a good deal for the folks?

Chad Abraham:

"...Open space ranger Brian Long of the city’s parks and recreation department said in the summertime, he and police officers are on “the receiving end of a lot of citizen comments and complaints.” The input concerns cyclists biking in spots where they’re supposed to be walking their bikes.

Long estimated that he received 300 or so comments last summer about wayward bikers (the pedestrian malls fall under the responsibility of the parks department). Pedestrians, some of whom are walking their bikes, often complain about narrow misses with rule-breakers, Long said Friday.

Blair Weyer, police department spokeswoman, said that roughly 60 percent of the 600 respondents to the survey indicated they want moderate to strict enforcement of the current code prohibiting bikes on sidewalks and the malls...."  (Read more?  Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."

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