With the average cost of a parking space in a structure going for $40,000 this type of project would be pocket change!

I proposed a bikestation type facility in my hometown of New Brunswick in an empty storefront directly across from the train station. The store front has been empty for over 4 years. The bike parking currently at the station is a mob scene! Nearly 100 bikes parked to every available rack and a waiting list of many years for the 12 bike lockers.

The local TMA loved my idea and tried to move it along. Unfortunately the powers that be, beyond the TMA just don't get it. Instead from what I know they proposed a primitive bike room in a building that won't be built for another 4 years; a building that will have a parking deck for over 400 cars!! (400 x $40,000 = $16,000,000!!!!)

In the meantime the store front remains empty. The owner of the build with the empty store front? The New Brunswick Parking Authority! Clueless!

I'm a New Yorker in Boston for a work assignment and this is one of the big things I'll miss when I return to New York in a few months. I can imagine dozens of places where one of these could be placed with little effort. Essentially, it's a fence with a canopy over it. Add an electronic lock and, voila, you have a very simple way to park bikes!

Protected bike cages at major transit hubs like Columbus Circle, Times Square, Grand Central, Penn Station, Union Square, and Fulton Street would all be fabulous.

I also want a mandate that all commercial parking garages include a bicycle cage (or two); it would solve so many bike parking issues instantly.