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Bike Racks
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lifeontwowheels
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Posted 6 months ago # -
lifeontwowheels
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Shelters strengthen city's push toward bike-friendliness
By BRETT NUCKLES
Published: Monday, November 7, 2011Columbus bicyclists will have some help keeping their rides safe and dry starting this fall. City officials announced the installation of the first in a series of bicycle shelters last week, to be located near the corner of 17th Avenue and North High Street.
READ MORE: http://www.snponline.com/articles/2011/11/07/multiple_papers/news/colbikes%201_20111107_0908am_2.txtPosted 6 months ago # -
MrNeighbor
Victorian Village
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Out for the morning walk and noticed the bike shelters and racks installed at the Park and Goodale Street bridge over I-670.
Pretty fancy.
Posted 5 months ago # -
jpizzow
580 N. Park St.
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^^I don't get it. They are out in the middle of nowhere. I've lived next to those racks for a couple of years now and see them almost every day. I can't ever remember seeing a bike parked at one unless it's a festival. I just don't get the rational for placing those there, especially with a very expensive shelter over it. Bike racks should be near destinations, offices, etc. That's the convenience of them. Yea, there are bars down the street but how many people do you see riding their bike to the bar. I just don't get it. While we are on the subject of that concrete cap, I hardly ever see anyone using those tables or benches either. All of it just seems very out of place and unnecessary. Now, if there were some sort of sculpture garden or some sort of "attraction" taking up some of that concrete, then maybe. But again........??......
Posted 5 months ago # -
johnwirtz
Evanston, IL
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^Agree, bike racks should optimally be within 50' of the front door of the destination they are intended to serve (assuming the destination has a door), certainly no more than a couple hundred feet. Otherwise, people will lock their bike to something else closer (e.g., parking meter, street sign, tree, fence). Are these intended to serve Goodale Park, the Greek church, Park Street bars?
Posted 5 months ago # -
swinzo1010
Upper Arlington
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I used one of the new racks for the first time today in the Arena District. I do like the look of them but I really wish it was an enclosed space. Similar to some of the COTA park and ride bike storage I have seen. I can't seem to find the link to those though.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Anne
King Lincoln
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New Bike Racks in Worthington:
Official unveiling, Friday May 4 @ 6:00 pm FREE EVENT
Worthington is getting some artistic bike racks, and they won't be hard to find.
The first two artistic bike racks will be unveiled at the MAC @ 6 pm, then followed by the unveiling downtown @ 7 pm, next door to House Wine, just in time for the seasonal kick off of the monthly First Fridays 2012.
A bright red bike rack will be placed at the Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center and an additional rack placed on the corner of New England and High Street. The rack at the MAC was funded by the Rotary Club of Dublin-Worthington, and the Worthington AM Rotary Club. and the rack downtown was funded by the Olde Worthington Business Association.
The artistic racks were designed and made by Creative Metal Works of Dayton, OR.
A brainchild of Fred Yaeger of Sustainable Worthington - a grass roots organization promoting a variety of environmental and healthy initiatives in Worthington - the racks were an effort to encourage biking in Worthington.
An interactive map of bike rack locations throughout Worthington can be found http://www.sustainableworthington.org/biking.
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