Comments on: More on Herndon wanting to confiscate bikes http://www.imacdonald.co.uk/2008/08/15/more-on-herndon-wanting-to-confiscate-bikes/ The Home of Ian Macdonald Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:23:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Ian’s blog » Blog Archive » Councilman Husch’s poposal to confiscate bikes in Herndon http://www.imacdonald.co.uk/2008/08/15/more-on-herndon-wanting-to-confiscate-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Ian’s blog » Blog Archive » Councilman Husch’s poposal to confiscate bikes in Herndon Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:14:27 +0000 http://www.imacdonald.co.uk/?p=640#comment-172 [...] Husch said that a Virginia Law already prohibits bicycles from being chained to signposts or left in the publi.... I searched the Virginia law and didn’t find anything that would appear to give them the [...] [...] Husch said that a Virginia Law already prohibits bicycles from being chained to signposts or left in the publi…. I searched the Virginia law and didn’t find anything that would appear to give them the [...]

]]> By: Ian http://www.imacdonald.co.uk/2008/08/15/more-on-herndon-wanting-to-confiscate-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Ian Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:47:22 +0000 http://www.imacdonald.co.uk/?p=640#comment-171 I just a searched at http://leg1.state.va.us/000/lst/LS851340.HTM and find no reference to bicycle and public right of way, I also reviewed all the entries for a search on bicycle and didn't find anything that references chaining up in the public right of way. So Councilman Husch would you be kind enough to post the sections of Virginia Law you are referring to. Thanks I just a searched at http://leg1.state.va.us/000/lst/LS851340.HTM and find no reference to bicycle and public right of way, I also reviewed all the entries for a search on bicycle and didn’t find anything that references chaining up in the public right of way. So Councilman Husch would you be kind enough to post the sections of Virginia Law you are referring to.

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]]> By: Ian http://www.imacdonald.co.uk/2008/08/15/more-on-herndon-wanting-to-confiscate-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Ian Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:14:52 +0000 http://www.imacdonald.co.uk/?p=640#comment-170 I just checked my mail logs and I see no emails from Dennis.Husch at herndon-va.gov or any references to husch in the logs other than my out going message to you. You may be falling foul of my spam filters, I only accept email from properly configured email server to reduce spam, though you should have seen a bounce back message saying delivery failure. If you would be kind enougth to post the full text of your email as a comment here I would appreciate it. In regards to your comment could you post references to the law you are referencing to so we can all review it. My reference to the W&OD trail was only in regards to the improvements to the crossing that have been made at Elden. However since you bring it up, the W&OD trail is a major part of our town and travels through the heart of Herndon. What impression do you think it leave if a vistor using the trail chains their bike to a sign post in the public right of way (which is common practice in the biking community when no bike racks are available) only to find it has been confiscated by the Town of Herndon? I just checked my mail logs and I see no emails from Dennis.Husch at herndon-va.gov or any references to husch in the logs other than my out going message to you. You may be falling foul of my spam filters, I only accept email from properly configured email server to reduce spam, though you should have seen a bounce back message saying delivery failure. If you would be kind enougth to post the full text of your email as a comment here I would appreciate it.

In regards to your comment could you post references to the law you are referencing to so we can all review it.

My reference to the W&OD trail was only in regards to the improvements to the crossing that have been made at Elden. However since you bring it up, the W&OD trail is a major part of our town and travels through the heart of Herndon. What impression do you think it leave if a vistor using the trail chains their bike to a sign post in the public right of way (which is common practice in the biking community when no bike racks are available) only to find it has been confiscated by the Town of Herndon?

]]> By: Dennis Husch http://www.imacdonald.co.uk/2008/08/15/more-on-herndon-wanting-to-confiscate-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Dennis Husch Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:44:06 +0000 http://www.imacdonald.co.uk/?p=640#comment-169 Councilman Husch did reply and said that Virginia Law already prohibits bicycles from being chained to signposts or left in the public right of way. VM Hutchinson has no choice, she is sworn to support existing law. And, the public right of way has nothing to do with the W&OD trail. For those uninformed the public right of way is defined as the space from the edge of the sidewalk on one side of the street to the edge of sidewalk of the opposite side of the street. Councilman Husch did reply and said that Virginia Law already prohibits bicycles from being chained to signposts or left in the public right of way. VM Hutchinson has no choice, she is sworn to support existing law. And, the public right of way has nothing to do with the W&OD trail.

For those uninformed the public right of way is defined as the space from the edge of the sidewalk on one side of the street to the edge of sidewalk of the opposite side of the street.

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