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Nica's is a great market, but now that the new parking lot is open, it needs to give some attention to its customers that come by bike. Cyclists are forced to use a couple of rickety city signposts for locking their bikes. Please--install a bike rack! They're not expensive!
16 Comments
Anonymous (Guest)
Brian Tang (Guest)
photo of site.
The unused planting strip visible in the photo is approximately 18 feet long and just under 4 feet wide. A bike rack with space for two bikes to park side-by-side requires an area measuring 4' x 6'. (A parked bicycle occupies a space measuring 2'x6').
Ben (Guest)
What Nica's really needs to do is stop allowing their delivery trucks to block traffic on Orange Street almost every morning during rush hour.
It's extremely hazardous when you have a backup at the intersection of Orange and Humphrey, huge delivery trucks parked half in the street, customers trying to get out of Nica's parking lot.
Resident (Guest)
G.Sarducci (Guest)
"Bike racks for customers only"
MR (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Paul Hammer (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Yes, I believe that both Nica's and the DOT are well aware of these requests over the past year (and before that).
They have also been notified through this website.
Paul Hammer (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
I think people have already done that, Paul. At this point, asking more people to speak up, contact the city and "vote" here might be the best way to focus attention on the issue.
In fact, there should be bike racks throughout this neighborhood, at least at every intersection, both for commercial and residential visitors.
The lack of secure racks is a major deterrent to promoting more sustainable and affordable transportation in the city. When you visit your friends' house for a dinner party or a store, you want to have convenient parking.
The city already spends millions of dollars on providing and maintaining tens of thousands of on-street parking spaces, essentially free of charge, in every neighborhood in the city - why can't they put in a couple of bike spaces?
Derek (Guest)
David Streever (Registered User)
Acknowledged Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Registered User)
Closed CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
URBAN FORESTER City of New Haven (Verified Official)