Request: Bicycle Theft Resolution Sub-committee

The City of Austin, in conjunction with the Austin Police Department, members of the Bicycle Advisory Council and several other major bicycle community stakeholders are going to be organizing a "Bicycle Theft Resolution Sub-committee", aimed at curbing bicycle registration/theft in Austin and deploying a free, online bicycle theft database. Lee Davila of the APD sent out the following request to several people in the bike community, one of whom forwarded it to me (thanks Leslie!):

The City of Austin, Austin Police Department and the Public Works Department are in the process of implementing an educational campaign to foster camaraderie between the cycling communities and to assist in the safety awareness to cyclists, citizens and motorists.

City departments have begun to examine ways to implement a voluntary web-based program that would be accessible to all users containing information on reporting bicycle thefts, registration, and safety procedures.

Your assistance is needed to provide an open dialogue and alternative options for this campaign. If you are interested, please email Austin Police Department Constituent Liaison, Lee Davila, with your contact email address and business/group association at Leander.Davila@ci.austin.tx.us as well as when you would be available for meeting (i.e. day of the week and time that works best for you).

You can cc-me if you'd like, we will be working on this together. The more of you that get involved, the better the feedback, and the better the program overall, so we'd really like to hear from as many of you as possible.

If this sounds like something you'd be interesting in being a part of, let Lee know.