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Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on July 29, 2011 at 5:39am

We'll be there!

 

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143953809018421

 

Ethan Spotts, Active Trans

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Permalink Reply by Tim S on July 29, 2011 at 7:12am

May be tough with Critical Mass tonight and it looks quite nice out.

 

Saw it last night on my way home... looks good.

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Permalink Reply by ad on July 29, 2011 at 8:15am

Great first step and it's nice to see the City care more about bike parking. 

 

I have to ask, though, why not squeeze as much parking into the spot as possible??  Haven't seen it in person yet, but from the pic it looks like at least another rack would fit.  I also seem to remember from my last visit to Portland that their on-street converted parking spots held a lot more bike parking spots than this.  Is there a reason we didn't just copy Portland's design, or is this just all the budget would handle in this instance??

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Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on July 29, 2011 at 8:24am

The actual ribbon cutting and speeches will start around 5:15 pm,

but the reception should be a fun scene as well.

 

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on July 29, 2011 at 8:31am

That's great news-- the faux ribbon-cuttings get tiresome.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on July 29, 2011 at 6:15pm

I locked up to these racks and went inside around 6:45 but the affair had ended.

I'm not used to being somewhere where a lot of cyclists are traveling-- there was so little room between the racks and the cars on Milwaukee that getting off my bike to use the racks ended up causing 3 or 4 cyclists to stop abruptly.  Obviously they were aware of the deep connection we shared as cycling brethren, as they looked like they only wanted to put me in the hospital, rather than kill me.

Not sure how I feel about this specific configuration, but considering we have a bike parking crisis in this city, I'm not going to complain about any new rack.

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