Bay Area readers: Give BART's bike survey a piece of your mind!

I got an email from the sf bike coalition that BART is taking a bike survey. I also happen to agree with their recommendations, so here's what their email said:

"A new opportunity has come up to help improve BART's bicycle service. Please take BART's bike survey within the next couple days, before they close the survey. It takes about 5 minutes.

Please tell BART:
1. No black out periods for bikes on BART.
2. Bikes allowed on escalators at all times.

Both these proposals were floated by a BART director, but BART staff shot him down. Let's raise our voices in support of no black out periods and bikes allowed on escalators!

Here's the survey link: http://www.research.bart.gov/se.ashx?s=6011868E259E952C

To help even more, send your comments to BART's board of directors at BoardofDirectors@bart.gov and copy us at bikesonboard@sfbike.org."

so if you want to BE THE CHANGE in you want to see in your infrastructure, please fill out the survey.

anecdote: as i have a new basket on my bike (pics to come!), i really wanted to use the escalators on friday night on my way to east bay bike party. with two u-locks (yes, TWO), and that new basket, it adds probably a good 5-10 pounds on an already heavy bike. i'm able bodied, but those who may have less upper body strength might also see the bikes on escalators as a nice and viable option to maneuver around the bart station. using the escalator with a bike is, and should go without saying IMO, after most of the riders have already used the escalators to prevent animosity and to avoid people bumping into your bike if they are in a rush and walk up on the narrow escalator on your left.