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Bike parking

I posted this before and I am surprised this doesn't bother anyone.  But, when you're searching around the loop and trying frantically to find a place to park your bike.  And then you come across this.

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Permalink Reply by Kathleen Murphy on May 4, 2015 at 12:25pm

Hi Anne -

I just sent a follow up email to the project RE asking about this - I'll let you know when I hear back from him.

Permalink Reply by Kathleen Murphy on May 5, 2015 at 9:58am

Was told that these were installed last week. Is this not the case?

Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on May 5, 2015 at 8:04pm

"best practice, according to APBP's Bicycle Parking Guidelines, is for bikes to have two locking/balancing points, and this can be achieved within a similar footprint by installing multiple inverted-U racks placed parallel to each other (perpendicular to the curb)."

Exactly. I never liked the wave racks for that reason. They only offer one locking point if you park perpendicular to the rack, not very secure if you have quick release wheels. The inverted U is a superior solution. Three inverted U's can accommodate the same number of bikes in a more secure fashion. I guess the wave racks are a little more aesthetically pleasing than the more utilitarian U posts and maybe that's why they're used in some places. 

Permalink Reply by Rich S on May 1, 2015 at 2:42pm

I find it quite funny that 3 people have chimed in to point out how correct this person's parking is, presumably because they can lock to 2 points on the rack, but fail to point out this bike is locked with one lock negating the "correctness" of their parking. 

Permalink Reply by Sydney Barton on May 1, 2015 at 2:44pm

+1

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on May 4, 2015 at 12:50pm

Maybe they didn't want it to be too obvious to a passing vehicle that the bike was not locked at two points? We have a bike parking shortage in this city-- let's not scapegoat people that want their bikes to still be there when they come back to them.

Permalink Reply by Rich S on May 4, 2015 at 1:07pm

That's a stretch and I'll scapegoat anyone that takes up three parking spaces with one bike in this manner.

You also just pointed out that there's a bike parking shortage in this city ...

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on May 4, 2015 at 2:55pm

Why not lock parallel on the other side of the rack? The rack is simply not designed to be locked to the way you think it is.

The point was that the parking shortage is not the fault of that cyclist and directing your anger at other cyclists is not the best way to move us forward IMO.

Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on May 4, 2015 at 3:45pm

Let me add my agreement to parking a bike to take up the minimum of space and allow more bikes to be parked.  By parking alongside the racks, instead of perpendicular to the racks you're taking up more space than necessary.

Anybody paranoid about their bike being stolen should get a beater-bike.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on May 5, 2015 at 1:26pm

+1

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on May 4, 2015 at 1:44pm

I understand the desire and need to secure the bike, but in areas where bike parking is scarce, I'll scapegoat anyone who blocks multiple parking spots when it's not necessary.

Permalink Reply by Filka Bean on May 5, 2015 at 9:51am

+1  ...and through the top tube only, too.  Scapegoat! Scapegoat!  Tape a note on the seat!

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