Penrose Square has a documented problem with scofflaw drivers doing all sort of obnoxious stuff - pulling illegal u-turns through a pedestrian crossing right next to a park, double-parking, parking illegally, and running stop signs.

The County has decided that the best way to solve this problem is on the backs of Bikeshare users - they will relocate the Penrose Square Bikeshare station to Wayne & 9th St to make space for more convenient parking for Starbucks patrons.  Nevermind that the traffic problems at Penrose Square long predate the Bikeshare Station's installation and nevermind that the location at Wayne & 9th St S was explicitly rejected when the Penrose Square bikeshare station was sited - it is not a prominent location, it is too far from the park and the grocery store, and it's on a cross street which does not cross the Pike, effectively limiting usage to people who live north of the Pike.

Let the County manager know this is not a solution to the problems at Penrose Square and making this change with less than a week's notice and no broad, transparent, public process is not how we're supposed to solve problem's in Arlington. Don't delay, the station is already scheduled for removal on October 18th!