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It'll be no bikes worth of parking when the thieves find out where this is.
by bifrost 3y ago
It'll be no bikes worth of parking when the thieves find out where this is.
- amluto 3y agoSecure bike parking underground isn’t that hard. You can have locked doors, gates, and cameras. And possibly even 24/7 attendant coverage. It’s the bikes parked outside that will disappear fast.
- bifrost 3y agoNope, addicts break into buildings routinely and steal bikes from "Secured" parking.
- amluto 3y agoA 712-unit building can afford real security. This is solvable, even if it takes some time, and the developer and the HoA have a strong incentive to solve it.
- bifrost 3y agoIts not solved now in larger buildings in SF. As long as addiction and bicycle theft remains unchecked, having "bike parking" is not viable. Also, Biking to downtown from that area is probably unfeasable for most people. I've been biking here my whole life and even though I live midway on that commute I would never want to do it. I only know ONE single person who ever did it, and he basically did it to make the spandex biker crowd look weak. San Francisco is not and will never be a city that bikers do well in.
- timr 3y agoI find this conversation hilarious, because I have the "unique" experience of getting locked out of my SF building in the middle of the night, because a drug addict LITERALLY CUT THE STEEL GATE OPEN, and my neighbor "fixed" the problem with a bike lock. That said, SOMA is a bit different than outer sunset. But still, folks who underestimate the resourcefulness of a drug addict are underestimating the power of nature itself.
- bifrost 3y agoPreston and Haney have ushered in the tenderloinization of the rest of the city. Outer Sunset now has encampments and fenty folders, if we don't do something to reign in the DSA we're going to be needing a lot more than bike locks.