Quote Originally Posted by MartianDestiny View Post
It's "required" here. They actually do give tickets and impound bikes with no stickers on occasion (normally at the beginning and end of the semesters). So, the ones I'm likely to lock to a rack occasionally have to have the stupid sticker.

I don't mind as the $$$ supposedly goes into bike infrastructure on campus (something I'm apparently NOT paying for otherwise, unlike the roads). I do wish they'd say "hey, we are collecting a fee for infrastructure for your use, here's a sticker that says you've paid, as an added bonus, we'll keep up with the number so we know the bike is yours", instead of "buy into this great theft prevention tool" (LOL, riiiight...)
They give us a free lock if we register our bikes with campus security. It's a Kryptonite U-lock, so they're not cheap otherwise. What bugs me is the way the went about advertising it--at the beginning of the semester, they went around the bike racks and attached tags saying "Chain locks are easily cut" to bikes secured with chain locks. Not the smartest way to advertise it.