Does Your City Require Bicycle Registration?

Last Tuesday someone from our Bicycle-Pedestrian Commission approached
me about our City's law requiring bicycle registration. I didn't even
realize it was still on the books, but it is. How common is this?

She wants us to repeal that law, even though there's no way to actually
register a bicycle, and there is no enforcement.

I was also successful in saving our planned "Bicycle Boulevard." Even
those people that rail against bicycle infrastructure tend to like
bicycle boulevards which remove most stop signs and have traffic calming
to discourage a lot of vehicle traffic. The one in Palo Alto/Mountain
View is extremely popular. One council member didn't want to spend the
money, but he finally agreed to it.

In other bicycle-related news, the San Jose, the City Council approved
an 18 story apartment building. They will have an automatic car parking
system and intentionally won't provide enough parking for residents in
an effort to get occupants to use non-existent mass transit. And so
residents can go grocery shopping they'll have one (1) bicycle cargo
trailer that can be checked out.

On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:45:04 -0700, sms
wrote:

Last Tuesday someone from our Bicycle-Pedestrian Commission approached
me about our City's law requiring bicycle registration. I didn't even
realize it was still on the books, but it is. How common is this?

She wants us to repeal that law, even though there's no way to actually
register a bicycle, and there is no enforcement.

Not required in Santa Cruz CA but registration is voluntary. Fill out
the online form and you get a free sticker for your bicycle:
http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-departments/police/permits-and-forms/bicycle-license-registration
The main incentive is if your bicycle is stolen and later found, the
police will make it difficult to recover unless it's registered.

Confession: I've never bothered to get any of my bicycles registered.

--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

sms wrote:

Last Tuesday someone from our
Bicycle-Pedestrian Commission approached me
about our City's law requiring bicycle
registration. I didn't even realize it was
still on the books, but it is. How common
is this?

Never heard of but then again I haven't heard
of everything. Here I suppose signing up for an
insurance is one way of registration but it is
not mandatory and the vast majority don't do it
even if it is possible (?) for the plebeian
bikes as well...

--
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 5:48:57 PM UTC-7, sms wrote:
Last Tuesday someone from our Bicycle-Pedestrian Commission approached
me about our City's law requiring bicycle registration. I didn't even
realize it was still on the books, but it is. How common is this?

She wants us to repeal that law, even though there's no way to actually
register a bicycle, and there is no enforcement.

I was also successful in saving our planned "Bicycle Boulevard." Even
those people that rail against bicycle infrastructure tend to like
bicycle boulevards which remove most stop signs and have traffic calming
to discourage a lot of vehicle traffic. The one in Palo Alto/Mountain
View is extremely popular. One council member didn't want to spend the
money, but he finally agreed to it.

In other bicycle-related news, the San Jose, the City Council approved
an 18 story apartment building. They will have an automatic car parking
system and intentionally won't provide enough parking for residents in
an effort to get occupants to use non-existent mass transit. And so
residents can go grocery shopping they'll have one (1) bicycle cargo
trailer that can be checked out.

We have a lot of those apartment buildings with no parking and bad mass transit. The tenants park in nearby neighborhoods, taking the spaces of the residents, many of whom live in houses built around the turn of the century with no garages. They are also located in hipster areas with the cool restaurants, and for customers, its like trying to find parking in NYC.

When I was a kid, bike registration was common in the SCV. I remember the stamp-sized metalized stickers. There is a voluntary registry up here run by a third-party vendor but no required registration. Plans to tax, ear-tag, neuter, register, etc., bicycles and bicyclists come and go.

-- Jay Beattie.

On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 9:35:20 AM UTC-4, jbeattie wrote:
On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 5:48:57 PM UTC-7, sms wrote:
Last Tuesday someone from our Bicycle-Pedestrian Commission approached
me about our City's law requiring bicycle registration. I didn't even
realize it was still on the books, but it is. How common is this?

She wants us to repeal that law, even though there's no way to actually
register a bicycle, and there is no enforcement.

I was also successful in saving our planned "Bicycle Boulevard." Even
those people that rail against bicycle infrastructure tend to like
bicycle boulevards which remove most stop signs and have traffic calming
to discourage a lot of vehicle traffic. The one in Palo Alto/Mountain
View is extremely popular. One council member didn't want to spend the
money, but he finally agreed to it.

In other bicycle-related news, the San Jose, the City Council approved
an 18 story apartment building. They will have an automatic car parking
system and intentionally won't provide enough parking for residents in
an effort to get occupants to use non-existent mass transit. And so
residents can go grocery shopping they'll have one (1) bicycle cargo
trailer that can be checked out.

We have a lot of those apartment buildings with no parking and bad mass transit. The tenants park in nearby neighborhoods, taking the spaces of the residents, many of whom live in houses built around the turn of the century with no garages. They are also located in hipster areas with the cool restaurants, and for customers, its like trying to find parking in NYC.

When I was a kid, bike registration was common in the SCV. I remember the stamp-sized metalized stickers. There is a voluntary registry up here run by a third-party vendor but no required registration. Plans to tax, ear-tag, neuter, register, etc., bicycles and bicyclists come and go.

-- Jay Beattie.

In Toronto Canada you used to be able to regiaster your bicycle with the Toronto Police Department. I dfid that but when my bicycle was stolen the police could not find my bicycle registration in their data (before computers)and so I never bothered registering another bicycle with them.

Cheers

On 6/24/2017 6:35 AM, jbeattie wrote:
On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 5:48:57 PM UTC-7, sms wrote:
Last Tuesday someone from our Bicycle-Pedestrian Commission approached
me about our City's law requiring bicycle registration. I didn't even
realize it was still on the books, but it is. How common is this?

She wants us to repeal that law, even though there's no way to actually
register a bicycle, and there is no enforcement.

I was also successful in saving our planned "Bicycle Boulevard." Even
those people that rail against bicycle infrastructure tend to like
bicycle boulevards which remove most stop signs and have traffic calming
to discourage a lot of vehicle traffic. The one in Palo Alto/Mountain
View is extremely popular. One council member didn't want to spend the
money, but he finally agreed to it.

In other bicycle-related news, the San Jose, the City Council approved
an 18 story apartment building. They will have an automatic car parking
system and intentionally won't provide enough parking for residents in
an effort to get occupants to use non-existent mass transit. And so
residents can go grocery shopping they'll have one (1) bicycle cargo
trailer that can be checked out.

We have a lot of those apartment buildings with no parking and bad mass transit.

Jay, I know it's an American (human?) birthright to complain about local
facilities, but surely the mass transit in Portland is vastly superior
to that in most Cal. cities? (I grew up in L.A. suburbs, so I have part
of a clue).

Mark J.

On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 2:00:15 PM UTC-7, Mark J. wrote:
On 6/24/2017 6:35 AM, jbeattie wrote:
On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 5:48:57 PM UTC-7, sms wrote:
Last Tuesday someone from our Bicycle-Pedestrian Commission approached
me about our City's law requiring bicycle registration. I didn't even
realize it was still on the books, but it is. How common is this?

She wants us to repeal that law, even though there's no way to actually
register a bicycle, and there is no enforcement.

I was also successful in saving our planned "Bicycle Boulevard." Even
those people that rail against bicycle infrastructure tend to like
bicycle boulevards which remove most stop signs and have traffic calming
to discourage a lot of vehicle traffic. The one in Palo Alto/Mountain
View is extremely popular. One council member didn't want to spend the
money, but he finally agreed to it.

In other bicycle-related news, the San Jose, the City Council approved
an 18 story apartment building. They will have an automatic car parking
system and intentionally won't provide enough parking for residents in
an effort to get occupants to use non-existent mass transit. And so
residents can go grocery shopping they'll have one (1) bicycle cargo
trailer that can be checked out.

We have a lot of those apartment buildings with no parking and bad mass transit.

Jay, I know it's an American (human?) birthright to complain about local
facilities, but surely the mass transit in Portland is vastly superior
to that in most Cal. cities? (I grew up in L.A. suburbs, so I have part
of a clue).

The effects of "bicycle facilities" is that it gives the driver the idea that bicycles do not belong on the road and especially in his lane. In the last week I have had three cars aim straight for me one was going in the same direction as I was and he pulled into the bike lane came directly up to my rear wheel at speed and then veered around me and cut in directly in front of me. In the other two cases the people were going in the opposite direction actually crossed double yellow lines aimed directly for me until they realized that they were being observed by other traffic.

While bicycle facilities can save you from this sort of thing, no facilities are complete and you have to go out onto the street MOST of the time.

The only thing that works is enforcement of the law and that police forces of California have totally given up on anything other than directing traffic around high speed accidents on the freeway.

When someone does something like this they should be immediately arrested and their vehicle impounded and if they are found guilty of threatening others with a dangerous weapon they should lose their license for not less than 5 years.

But that won't happen and adding traffic facilities will only make the streets more dangerous.

JB's Regis is an antique civics lesson ?

Getting into a law database with engraving is AAA ...with organization off course

But enforcement costs mega taxes over puny revenue n contributes to baaaad attitudes

On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 2:00:15 PM UTC-7, Mark J. wrote:
On 6/24/2017 6:35 AM, jbeattie wrote:
On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 5:48:57 PM UTC-7, sms wrote:
Last Tuesday someone from our Bicycle-Pedestrian Commission approached
me about our City's law requiring bicycle registration. I didn't even
realize it was still on the books, but it is. How common is this?

She wants us to repeal that law, even though there's no way to actually
register a bicycle, and there is no enforcement.

I was also successful in saving our planned "Bicycle Boulevard." Even
those people that rail against bicycle infrastructure tend to like
bicycle boulevards which remove most stop signs and have traffic calming
to discourage a lot of vehicle traffic. The one in Palo Alto/Mountain
View is extremely popular. One council member didn't want to spend the
money, but he finally agreed to it.

In other bicycle-related news, the San Jose, the City Council approved
an 18 story apartment building. They will have an automatic car parking
system and intentionally won't provide enough parking for residents in
an effort to get occupants to use non-existent mass transit. And so
residents can go grocery shopping they'll have one (1) bicycle cargo
trailer that can be checked out.

We have a lot of those apartment buildings with no parking and bad mass transit.

Jay, I know it's an American (human?) birthright to complain about local
facilities, but surely the mass transit in Portland is vastly superior
to that in most Cal. cities? (I grew up in L.A. suburbs, so I have part
of a clue).

Mark J.

I can't compare because I don't know what it's like in LA. Portland may be vastly superior. I just don't know. I use MAX to the airport on rare occasions, and it's O.K. if you don't mind stopping every 50 feet. I can walk faster than streetcar downtown (I don't use it at all downtown since the elimination of fareless square). The people in those parking-less apartments on SE Belmont (for example) would have a straight shot downtown on a bus, but god forbid they work in Beaverton or Tigard or want to go skiing in the winter. God forbid if they have visitors or delivery persons. I think building without parking is idiotic.

BTW, I personally hate taking TriMet because I always get the seat next to the lunatic who just wet his pants, but that's just my bad luck.

-- Jay Beattie.

They're hunting Beattie.