Comments on: Have a Bike Parking Solution for the Folks in Austin? http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/07/have-a-bike-parking-solution-for-the-folks-in-austin/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/07/have-a-bike-parking-solution-for-the-folks-in-austin/comment-page-1/#comment-61389 Josh Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:04:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5216#comment-61389 Perhaps a creative stop-gap solution is to bolt some bike racks to the bed of a flatbed truck and park it someplace with a poverty of bike parking. Add a ramp or a valet to help get the bikes up and you've got a solution that takes advantage of the glut of motor vehicle parking and devotes some of it - legally - to bikes. Perhaps a creative stop-gap solution is to bolt some bike racks to the bed of a flatbed truck and park it someplace with a poverty of bike parking. Add a ramp or a valet to help get the bikes up and you’ve got a solution that takes advantage of the glut of motor vehicle parking and devotes some of it – legally – to bikes.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/07/have-a-bike-parking-solution-for-the-folks-in-austin/comment-page-1/#comment-61376 Larry Littlefield Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:46:40 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5216#comment-61376 "Here in Berkeley, city staff has found that it is cheaper to remove the parking meter posts and install new U-racks for bikes than it is to convert the parking meter posts into bike parking (as shown in the picture)." I don't doubt you, but find it hard to understand. Heck with a U-lock and the head on it, a parking meter is already bike parking. “Here in Berkeley, city staff has found that it is cheaper to remove the parking meter posts and install new U-racks for bikes than it is to convert the parking meter posts into bike parking (as shown in the picture).”

I don’t doubt you, but find it hard to understand. Heck with a U-lock and the head on it, a parking meter is already bike parking.

]]> By: Charles Siegel http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/07/have-a-bike-parking-solution-for-the-folks-in-austin/comment-page-1/#comment-61373 Charles Siegel Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:35:59 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5216#comment-61373 Here in Berkeley, city staff has found that it is cheaper to remove the parking meter posts and install new U-racks for bikes than it is to convert the parking meter posts into bike parking (as shown in the picture). Unfortunately, they are months late in installing the U-racks, so we have a temporary drought of bike parking. Here in Berkeley, city staff has found that it is cheaper to remove the parking meter posts and install new U-racks for bikes than it is to convert the parking meter posts into bike parking (as shown in the picture).

Unfortunately, they are months late in installing the U-racks, so we have a temporary drought of bike parking.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/07/have-a-bike-parking-solution-for-the-folks-in-austin/comment-page-1/#comment-61371 Larry Littlefield Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:30:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5216#comment-61371 Turn the meters into bike parking, with a charge of a nickel for up to 24 hours. Use the revenues for additional bicycle improvements. Turn the meters into bike parking, with a charge of a nickel for up to 24 hours. Use the revenues for additional bicycle improvements.

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