Secure bicycle parking in the Baltimore Street garage

Check out the article in the Sun In the city, commuting by bicycle gains traction

Calling all Baltimore bicyclists!!

The Parking Authority of Baltimore City (PABC) is looking to decrease parking demand, especially in the central business district. To encourage bicycling, the PABC is willing to invest in safe, secure, indoor bicycle parking but need to identify about 30 bicyclists who would be interested.

For $10 a month, PABC would provide an access card to a secured area on the first floor of the Baltimore Street garage (15 Guilford Avenue) inside which bicyclists could lock their bikes to a rack. What we envision is similar to NYC�s Penn Station as pictured below:
image ( http://www.transalt.org/press/magazine/024Fall/06pennstation.html )

We would love to make this a reality to help encourage bicycling in Baltimore City, thereby reducing the parking demand, especially downtown! Please feel free to spread the word!
Please note the following counts as being interested so please let us know if you have similar or greater interest in the bike parking garage.

Actual secured parking with easy access to the Harbor for the rare occasions when I want to do something there would be worth $10/month no problem
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If you are willing to do the $10 for a month contract send an email to info@BaltimoreSpokes.org

If you are a bike commuter to downtown Baltimore please fill out our poll on the right hand column of the home page or: http://www.baltimorespokes.org/polls/index.php?qid=20071210133654341&aid=-1

by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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Just to highlight that the following was added to the story: Please note the following counts as being interested so please let us know if you have similar or greater interest in the bike parking garage. Actual secured parking with easy access to the Harbor for the rare occasions when I want to do something there would be worth $10/month no problem