Trike found!!

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Thanks to this community (in particular boblothrope), I have my trike back! (Well, Mike from DPW will be bringing it over tomorrow, once I can get new locks.)

What happened is that someone complained to DPW either that it was "abandoned" or a nuisance. This is a bit of a surprise to me because apart from several days of pouring rain I'd been using it regularly, and the sidewalk is quite wide there, and I'd locked it there all last summer til mid-December and again since late March. I'd have hoped someone might have tried to leave a note on the bike that they minded rather than just calling DPW, but whatever.

But anyway, if someone complains, and a bike is locked to a street sign or anything at all other than an official bike rack, the DPW takes it away. Normally they tell people who file police reports of this type to check with the DPW but with me they didn't. So, DSLJ to the rescue! Thank you so much to boblothrope for your comment on my original post suggesting this, and to grimlocke for seconding the idea.

Now I've just got to figure out where on earth to keep it once I reclaim it. There's one "official" lock on the block, but it's got one leg out of the sidewalk, and looks like it could be defeated with a good wrench on its bolts even apart from that. Sign me up as someone who wants more publicly accessible secure bike parking!

Also, major props to Jesse at Somerville 311, who solved the case in almost no time at all. DPW and the police may not coordinate as much as I'd like, but 311 is on the ball.

Thank you again so much to everyone who offered to help, signal boosted, or had ideas.

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Yay! So glad it's found. I wish you much luck finding a place to lock it that works for you.

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Thanks!