NIMBYs invalidate my newly purchased Divvy membership

I'd been waiting to get my Divvy membership until stations popped up near me. I work in the suburbs, not downtown, so I mainly want a membership in order to more easily get to and from the train on those days when I don't feel like riding 22 miles roundtrip to work.

I finally bought my membership on Monday when I saw new stations opening up closer and closer to me. I was thrilled earlier today to read on Divvy's Twitter feed that a station is going up very close to me, on Addison and Pine Grove.

And then I read this: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-divvy-bike-sharing-lawsuit-2....

I'm furious. What can I (we) do to counter these NIMBY types? I think it's entirely unfair that a couple of cranky people can ruin bikeshare for my neighborhood.

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Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on September 13, 2013 at 9:56am

What a load of garbage.  If this building is successful, any DIVVY location is at issue.  I would suggest, if they prevail, a protest of some sort.  Perhaps the legal locking of really disreputable beat up bicycles right around their building.   Hopefully they would do something stupid (and be caught doing it) like removing these beat-up bicycles from the public way.  

Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on September 13, 2013 at 10:21am

First thing I did was send the e-mail.



h' 1.0 said:

Did you send an e-mail as Pat requested?

Crazy David 84 Furlongs said:

What a load of garbage.  If this building is successful, any DIVVY location is at issue.  I would suggest, if they prevail, a protest of some sort.  Perhaps the legal locking of really disreputable beat up bicycles right around their building.   Hopefully they would do something stupid (and be caught doing it) like removing these beat-up bicycles from the public way.  

Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on September 13, 2013 at 10:30am

I started my own petition on Change.org.....

let's see if we can get more signatures..



Serge Lubomudrov said:

There's also a petition, by "3565 N. Pine Grove Condo Association," to relocate that Divvy station, addressed to Gabe Klein, Rahm Emanuel and James Cappleman, on Change.org. Apparently, it needs 2000 people to sign, to . . . I don't know? To be delivered, probably. As of now, there are 77 signatures, after couple of weeks online.

Funny how that petition starts: "Divvy is at our doorstep!"

Hannibal ante portas, indeedy!

. . . By the way, I live on that very intersection, Pine Grove and Addison. Out of all things that make my life there less pleasant, like sirens, motorcycles, heavy trucks, drunk yuppies and Cubs fans, inconsiderate neighbors, etc, etc, etc, that Divvy station makes no trouble whatsoever. Yes, it's taken exactly two parking spots (I don't have a car, but my girlfriend does). Maybe that was the last straw for some residents of that condominium. I don't know. But they surely talk about it like it's some kind of shady commercial enterprise. Come on, people get bicycles there, not drugs!

Permalink Reply by Sarah D. on September 13, 2013 at 10:38am


Link? 

I already wrote to all the parties, myself. 

Crazy David 84 Furlongs said:

I started my own petition on Change.org.....

let's see if we can get more signatures..

Permalink Reply by JeffB on September 13, 2013 at 10:39am

Where's the link?



Crazy David 84 Furlongs said:

I started my own petition on Change.org.....

let's see if we can get more signatures..




Permalink Reply by Christine (5.0) on September 13, 2013 at 10:53am

I live in the area (on Waveland, between Pine Grove and Broadway) and I like the station where it is.  Where do I go to show my support of it not moving?

Permalink Reply by JeffB on September 13, 2013 at 10:59am

Send an email to:

The liason is Sean Wiedel

sean.wiedel@cityofchicago.org



Christine (5.0) said:

I live in the area (on Waveland, between Pine Grove and Broadway) and I like the station where it is.  Where do I go to show my support of it not moving?

Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on September 13, 2013 at 11:03am

I hope this is the link.

Gabe Klein, Rahm Emanuel and James Cappleman: Retain the Divvy Stat...

JeffB (7+ miles) said:

Where's the link?



Crazy David 84 Furlongs said:

I started my own petition on Change.org.....

let's see if we can get more signatures..




Permalink Reply by Tom Dworzanski on September 13, 2013 at 11:25am

How can I email Mr. Dave T?

pat 5.5mi said:


Thanks for contributing your voice to this issue. Apologies to anyone in disagreement with this issue receiving this email.

Dave T 3542B Pine Grove"

Permalink Reply by Tom Dworzanski on September 13, 2013 at 11:31am

I emailed Mr Weidel and this is what I got back:

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Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists:

sean.weidel@cityofchicago.org
The recipient's e-mail address was not found in the recipient's e-mail system. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please check the e-mail address and try resending this message, or provide the following diagnostic text to your system administrator.

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pat 5.5mi said:


The liason is Sean Wiedel

sean.wiedel@cityofchicago.org

 

Permalink Reply by JeffB on September 13, 2013 at 11:56am

Weird, I sent to sean.weidel@cityofchicago.org and got no failure message, but I did notice the address in the original post is listed as sean.wiedel@cityofchicago.org (transposed i and e).

I'm sure I copied and pasted from the post, so I'm not sure why my email was sent to the "ei" version.

I'm also not sure why your email to the "ei" version failed and mine didn't (at least not yet).

Try it to sean.wiedel@cityofchicago.org instead


Tom Dworzanski said:

I emailed Mr Weidel and this is what I got back:

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Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists:

sean.weidel@cityofchicago.org
The recipient's e-mail address was not found in the recipient's e-mail system. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please check the e-mail address and try resending this message, or provide the following diagnostic text to your system administrator.

---


pat 5.5mi said:


The liason is Sean Wiedel

sean.wiedel@cityofchicago.org

 

Permalink Reply by JeffB on September 13, 2013 at 12:18pm

FYI, the mailto: link for the address in the original post transposed the letters.  Resend to sean.wiedel@cityofchicago.org.  don't use the link

JeffB (7+ miles) said:

Weird, I sent to sean.weidel@cityofchicago.org and got no failure message, but I did notice the address in the original post is listed as sean.wiedel@cityofchicago.org (transposed i and e).

I'm sure I copied and pasted from the post, so I'm not sure why my email was sent to the "ei" version.

I'm also not sure why your email to the "ei" version failed and mine didn't (at least not yet).

Try it to sean.wiedel@cityofchicago.org instead


Tom Dworzanski said:

I emailed Mr Weidel and this is what I got back:

---

Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists:

sean.weidel@cityofchicago.org
The recipient's e-mail address was not found in the recipient's e-mail system. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please check the e-mail address and try resending this message, or provide the following diagnostic text to your system administrator.


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