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
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Was told that these were installed last week. Is this not the case?
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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on
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"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.
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Permalink Reply by Rich S on
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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.
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Permalink Reply by Sydney Barton on
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+1
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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 ...
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Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on
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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.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on
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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.
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Permalink Reply by Filka Bean on
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+1 ...and through the top tube only, too. Scapegoat! Scapegoat! Tape a note on the seat!
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Consideration? That's a 5 syllable word. Way too complicated for most people to grasp. Similar to responsibility, an even tougher 6 syllable word. But freedom? Well, that's a 2 syllable word. Everyone understands the meaning of that word. Ooops, I'm beginning to sound preachy, VW is gonna chew me out for sure.
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Permalink Reply by V W on
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I park diagonally to allow for maximum consideration so you'd be preaching to the choir. However, suppose it's not downtown and it's a narrow sidewalk that you'd be obstructing if you didn't park the way pictured in the original post? Imagine there's six racks and no one's parked on any of them. Imagine there's bikes on the side facing away from the street or planters or whatever and you'd be sticking out into the street otherwise. Let's say it's a poorly placed rack too close to a building and there's no other way. There's a time and a place, no?
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Seriously I felt like this whole thread was about time and place: anything goes when there's plenty of other options, but the trick is recognizing the time and place for what they are. I got stuck several times in the winter when (I guess) other people all felt that they were the only ones commuting... to Columbia College... uh...
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