Comments on: City consultant recommends removing hemletless bikers from Master Bike Plan document

By: Alonso A. de Araya

Alonso A. de Araya — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:38:29 +0000

I guess it’s a family friendly concern from a foot fetishist.

By: theaustinreview (The Austin Review)

theaustinreview (The Austin Review) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:00:50 +0000

” Replace photos that have unsafe behavior. Photos need to show helmets and close-toed shoes.” http://tinyurl.com/mskwnc. @austinon2wheels

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:58:34 +0000

Maybe we should take a cue from George Orwell and just remove helmetless cyclists from the streets as well.

By: Paulo

Paulo — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:44:46 +0000

I think Amsterdam should remove helmetless cyclists from their master plan and see what happens

By: Tom Wald

Tom Wald — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:54:14 +0000

Jason: No, it certainly was not Robert Spillar. (That’s not what I was told.)

Elliott: The last name, Goode, sounds very familiar and I’m certain about the position.

By: elliott

elliott — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:52:12 +0000

Robert Goode, Assistant City Manager in charge of Public Works. Better yet, since as city staff as opposed to a consultant, he is actually somewhat accountable to the public. I’m interested to hear more.

By: JasonATXBS

JasonATXBS — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:51:12 +0000

Tom: Would that be Robert Spillar, our friendly neighborhood transportation director? Sweet, another person to harass when I’m pissed off.

By: Tom Wald

Tom Wald — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:42:58 +0000

Annick Beaudet, CoA Bike Program Manager, told me that the request first came from the Assistant City Manager, Rob. (I can’t remember his last name.) Annick complied with the request.

Jim Carrillo from Halff Associates, Inc. is almost certainly just a messenger/secretary on this issue.

I recommend getting clearer facts on this from Annick. She is on the agenda to discuss this at the BAC meeting tonight 7/16/09.

By: JasonATXBS

JasonATXBS — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:18:28 +0000

Thanks for also running this story. I'm very unhappy with this planned omission (as you probably gathered from my rant) and hope that enough voices from the community will be able to overrule this consultant's personal bias.