FERGUSON A Ride In The Park? Residents Debate Proper Place For Bikes By Tanya Parker, Post-Dispatch Special Correspondent Residents of Ferguson are debating the proper place of bicycles and cyclists. A bill under consideration would allow police officers on patrol to ride bicycles in January-Wabash Park. Currently, all cyclists are barred from the park. Some residents feel that this is a violation of their rights as taxpayers, who pay for public access and use of the park for recreation. Alderman Greg Faupel, 3rd Ward, is considering sponsoring a bill to allow bikes and in-line skates in the park. He says children are especially restricted because they do not have a place to ride bikes safely. Faupel added that with police in the park, cycling would be controlled and would not become hazardous to pedestrians. Maureen Damier, who lives on Lakeview Court, can see the park path from her kitchen window. She challenged Faupel to visit the park and consider the many elde...