[SDCBC] [CABO] Fw: [sbbike] Restrictions on bicyclists at drive-up windows?

[John Eldon]

This rarely affects me personally, because I tend to eschew fast food
restaurants and almost never need to go to a bank in person, but the
principle of permitting only motorists to enjoy extended hours of operation
is dead wrong. I think Palo Alto has an eminently reasonable response, and I
urge each of us to speak up in his or her own city about adopting a similar
provision. Since I do a lot of walking and jogging, I particularly like the
suggestion that both pedestrians and bicyclists be granted access to
"driveup" windows.

An even better solution would be to ban all drive-through/up windows and to
encourage businesses to replace them with walk-up facilities. This would
instantly solve the entire problem.

John E.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Baross, Jr. [mailto:jimbaross at cox.net]
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:15 PM
To: caboforum at topica.com
Cc: CBC at topica.com; sdcbc at bikesandiego.org
Subject: [CABO] Fw: [sbbike] Restrictions on bicyclists at drive-up
windows?



Once in a while I hear complaints about this and haven't done
anything about it. I'm not sure how much of an issue/problem it is,
but the restriction certainly points out undesirable differences in
treatment bicyclists get stuck with.

To the extent that this is a problem in your area, that you care, can
and want to do something to fix it, here are some ideas.

Jim (rarely does the drive/bike/walkup window scene) Baross