Paul Derby of the North Rosslyn Civic Association has been working for years to keep abandoned bikes from filling up the bike racks at the Rosslyn Metro Station. In 2006 he asked Dan Tangherlini and the metro board members at a WMATA Town Hall Meeting that bike racks be monitored and that abandoned bikes be tagged and removed a few days later. But last month he noticed this was not happened and contacted Paul Bumbry, Metro's Rail Transportation Customer Service Manager asking that the racks - now almost filled with abandoned bikes - be addressed. He also contacted the 2nd district police unit's Captain to see if they would be interested in inspecting the bikes in the hopes that any stolen bikes could be identified and returned to their rightful owner. Both responded positively with Bumbry apologizing:
I apologize that the oversight of the Rosslyn bike racks has declined over time. I have contacted the station manager and have a call into my Transit police contact to re-define our process for ensuring these racks are being utilized appropriately.
How to deal with abandoned bikes (removing them and checking them against the National Bike Registry) in a timely manner - especially at stations where parking is at a premium - should be a standard Metro policy.
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