Ok, this should appear on my "work" blog, but since no one reads that I'll put it here. This is the latest from the "parking coordinator" at my job at a major state university:
*Also new this year, there is a Mandatory Bicycle Registration Program. Permits are free and bicycles parked on campus will be required to register and display a permit. Applications for bicycle permits can be obtained by completing a brief application in person at DPS, mail-in, or online at www.dps.unc.edu. I can also do this when I do the car registrations. I will need the following:*
1. Your PID number
2. Bike Manufacturer
3. Bike Model
4. Bike Color
5. Serial Number
6. Frame size
A four-week warning period will be in effect at the start of each semester to allow ample time for bicycle registration. Citations will be issued to unregistered bicycles after that time.
1st Offense - Warning ticket
2nd Offense - $5.00 citation
3rd and subsequent offenses - $10.00 citation
Repeated citations may result in impoundment of bicycle.
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So apparently, there are too many bikes on campus? NOT. It will be interesting since I can say:
1. Your PID number : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2. Bike Manufacturer: Colson Cycle Works
3. Bike Model: Dunno, but it's a 1938 model of some kind
4. Bike Color: Metal
5. Serial Number: none
6. Frame size: Big
I wonder how that will fit in their Frickin' database. I really want to know why this is going on. I've never heard of a bike registration being manditory on a campus. Sounds like another moneygrubbing scheme by the Department of Parking Fascists to get tickets.
