Comments on: Thousands of (bicycle) parking spaces going away? What to do?

By: Let your old bike parts become part of a downtown landmark | Austin Bike Blog

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:31:37 +0000

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By: elliott

elliott — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:32:52 +0000

Have a gang of people show up on a street with welding equipment and concrete and convert them right there and then?

Werner,

While your idea is anarchist in nature and I like it, this form of civil disobedience would probably be frowned upon.

By: Werner

Werner — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:19:38 +0000

As a new resident of Austin (who commuted by bike in my previous home town) I’ve been very pleased with how bike-friendly Austin is. But I agree that the loss of bike parking spaces is a slow slippery slope – before you know it you’ve got nothing but the odd chain link fence.
Would it be feasible to offer to recycle some of the parking meter poles into basic bike parking spots?
Have a gang of people show up on a street with welding equipment and concrete and convert them right there and then?

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Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:49:25 +0000

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By: Another option for turning meter posts into bike parking | Austin Bike Blog

Another option for turning meter posts into bike parking | Austin Bike Blog — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:24:24 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:49:42 +0000

Seems like it might at least be a good intermediate solution to convert some of the parking meter poles to bike parking – it might even increase capacity, while keeping bikes off of other public structures (one of the reasons given for the on-street parking in Portland was to keep people from locking their bikes to cafe tables and such).

Of course, more permanent, and perhaps even on-street parking is a better way of showing a commitment to bike-friendliness. But after all, as long as you have somewhere to park, it’s a good start, eh?

By: Streetsblog » Have a Bike Parking Solution for the Folks in Austin?

Streetsblog » Have a Bike Parking Solution for the Folks in Austin? — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:27:26 +0000

[...] can share solutions to livable streets problems. So maybe someone out there will be able to help Austin Bike Blog figure out what cyclists in that city should do when parking meters begin to be replaced by [...]