Oh yeah, something else. Not part of the commute, but when I got to work. My actual office is across the street from main building. My usual routine is like this- I ride past a cop who checks badges. I lock my bike to sign in front of the building I work in, run upstairs and grab my backpack with clothing, go back downstairs, unlock the bike, ride down into the garage of hq across the street. The bike gets locked up there. Then I go up to the locker room and shower, etc.

This morning as I was locking the bike to the signpost, a guy coming out of my building (not facilities or security) asks me if I know that the cops are going to clip my lock because I am not allowed to park the bike there. I explaing that I know that, but I am rarely here for more than five minutes while I get my clothes and have never had a problem. Then he starts asking who I work for and who said it was ok to park there. I explain that I don't really park there, but just lock it there while I get my stuff. He starts walking away saying 'ok'.

I used to park my bike there all day until on Bike to Work day one year, I got a call from facilities that I couldn't. Very ironic. Probably some of you wil say well you shouldn't park there, and others will say, you have every right to. Just bothers me that people put up barriers to cycling and make it seem like a hindrance rather than making it easier.