covered bike parking

if given an option to use parking that may protect your bike from the elements, would you use it? if the covered bike parking offered some additional security and maybe cctv, would you pay to use it?

im just curious what people think of such an amenity.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle S on August 1, 2011 at 7:34am

Covered bike parking in general doesn't excite me. I ride a crappy bike and if I return to it and the seat is wet from rain, I just wipe it off briefly.

If it's really windy, rainy, or snowy, I guess it's nice to have the roof while you're unlocking the bike, but then you're about to go off into the elements anyway, so why put off the inevitable?

For our taxpayer's money, I'd rather have re-striped existing bike lanes and additional new bike lanes, as well as more regular bike racks.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on August 1, 2011 at 8:20am

JCDecaux does offer installation and maintenance of bike racke as part of their portfolio in Europe. Couldn't find anything about them being covered.

Tim S said:

I wonder if the company that takesa care of the bus stops, JC Decayux (sp?), would be willing to spring for covered parking. Perfect ad revenue spot.

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Permalink Reply by John Yeti on August 5, 2011 at 5:10am

Not only would this be nice for parking but also if they had similar panels for bike lanes to be used all winter (removable for summer) I'd be happy to pay for a cycling license that funded such an infrastructure.