Equal Opportunity Parking

This email was sent to us this morning by a  Transit Miami reader…

 

Hello, fellow riders! I am an avid reader of your blog. It makes me feel more connected to the town, more aware of what’s going on in terms of being green, helping the environment, and being safe as a bicycle rider.

I try to do my part and try to limit the use of my car, so I ride my motorcycle to work every day (much better gas mileage!). Today I did an experiment and rode my bicycle to work. While the ride was very pleasant and took only 5 minutes more than my regular commute (I live 20 blocks away), when I arrived at my work building (Miami Center, 201 S Biscayne Blvd), I found a very resistant, rude attendant at the loading dock, which is the only place of entry I could find someone, since the garage is off limits.

The woman went on to ask me what I was doing there, which I replied, ” I work here”. Then she asks, ” Are you new?”  To which I replied, “No, I just decided to come to work in my bicycle today.”  After looking at me as if I was an alien, she went on to say that I was not allowed in the loading dock, that they do not have places to park bicycles, that I could put it next to a rail in the back, but they were not responsible for it.  Super nice experience!

I have tried in the past sending emails to the building management, to my general manager, asking him to request that we have a place for motorcycles in the building, to no avail. All the building management replies is that right now they don’t have plans to give tenants that type of facility.

I have worked at the One Biscayne Tower, where they did have a place for bikes and motorcycles, and now I resort to park my motorcycle at the 200 S Biscayne Blvd building (Wells Fargo), where they also have a reserved placed for bikers, with very nice and cordial full time security guards. I park there by using social engineering and telling them I work in their building.

Here at Miami Center we used to be able to park outside, and then one day they decided we couldn’t anymore, started threatening all of us with tow notices, and never gave an alternative.

It would be great if you could give us a voice and make management get with the program, and help their tenants be green!

Thanks

Christian