I’m actually considering bike commuting myself. It’s about a 7 mile ride from my house to the World Trade Center (or the ex-WTC) with HEAVY TRAFFIC! From there, I take a ferry across the Hudson River to New Jersey to where I work.

Now here are the problems. I’m afraid of turning into road kill before I get to work. But my biggest concern is that I have no place to secure my bike. I don’t have a real “good” bike. It’s a ’01 Specialized Sirrus. But I don’t want it to be gone after work.

I asked building mgmt about locking up my bike right in front of the building. They said “NO”. They said the closest place where I can lock my bike is 1/2 a block away. There are about 5 bikes locked there daily. But I really don’t trust it since it’s out there in the open.

But it would be awesome if building mgmt would allow me to bring the bike to my cube upstairs or at least let me lock it up right next to the building where all the smokers have their breaks.

Any ideas? Is there a law which requires an employer to have a bike rack so employees have a secured place to lock their bikes?