With 200 additional racks, city nearly doubles bike parking spaces
With no bike racks available, cyclists are often forced to chain their transportation to signs, fences, parking meters and even, yes, trash cans.
“We shake our head when we have to lock to a trash can, and joke, ‘Ah, the indignity of bike commuting,'” says Bike Pittsburgh director Scott Bricker.
Now, with the addition of 200 more bike racks throughout the city, dignified bike parking opportunities will just about double, says Bricker. Each rack has parking for two bikes, meaning that there will be 400 more bike parking spaces throughout Pittsburgh.
The City officially launched the Small Business Bicycle Rack Program last week with the installation of a rack in front of Enrico Biscotti in the Strip District. The Small Business Bike Rack Program was created through a collaboration of Bike Pittsburgh and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s Taking Care of Business Districts Program, which ” aims to revitalize business districts through targeting City services and providing resources for small business owners and the residents who frequent those neighborhood lifelines,” according to the City.
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