Private property anti-transit policies

The Retail Traffic magazine blog, Retail Traffic Court, links to a Raleigh News & Observer story, "Upscale shopping centers shun buses: It's a long walk for some as four 'upscale' properties keep buses off premises."

I remember another instance of this somewhere. The policy changed after someone trying to get to the bus was hit by a car and killed.

The problem with this is that the property owner is only thinking about his preferred audience. Not the variety of market segments and how they get there, or the worker population.

I was threatened by the owners of Georgetown Park years ago because I locked my bike to a tree guard outside (yes probably illegal), which was located in the public space. They maintained that because they installed the tree guard, they had the right to cut my bike off.

I informed them that they were wrong.

Same thing with the Renaissance Tech World hotel. Their canopy on the Massachusetts Ave side extends into the public space. I locked my bike on the pole. They threatened to cut off the lock. Now, I never bothered informing them of the law. But too bad. When you install stuff in the public space, you don't become a vigilante enforcer...