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cyclist assualted by airport police

2007-06-30 16:34:27.961016+00 by Dan Lyke 4 comments

If you're a cyclist and fly through Minneapolis-St Paul airport, be wary of the cops.

[ related topics: Aviation Law Enforcement ]

comments in ascending chronological order (reverse):

#Comment Re: made: 2007-07-01 23:56:09.522704+00 by: meuon

Unfortunately, there was no-one else around as a witness.

#Comment Re: made: 2007-07-02 00:33:12.976908+00 by: Dan Lyke

And, according to the one account, whatever surveillance tape there may have been has been mysteriously disappeared.

#Comment Re: made: 2007-07-02 02:30:57.253644+00 by: meuon

I saw that. I'm expecting to get pulled over just for general principles while towing our groovy little trailer.. and I'll be hitting the audio record button on my phone when I am pulled over, just in case. It also needs an American Flag and a n NRA sticker, laughing.

#Comment Re: made: 2007-07-04 13:35:00.171348+00 by: DaveP

FWIW, I've investigated trying to bike in (or out) of MSP multiple times since 9/11 shut off some of the service roads at the airport (which were the previous way to safely bike out of the airport).

As far as I can tell, the only approved way to do so from the Lindbergh Terminal (the main terminal) is to take a free shuttle to the Humphrey Terminal, whence you can get onto frontage roads and ride out.

Or take the LRT.

There is, as far as I can determine, no way out of the main terminal at MSP by bike without riding either the LRT or a free airport shuttle. But the signs on the ground were not there for a while, so there's no way to TELL that without having researched online first.

There's also a story here (registration required).