Comments on: City Planning to Use Old Parking Meters for Bike Parking http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/30/city-planning-to-use-old-parking-meters-for-bike-parking/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Manu http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/30/city-planning-to-use-old-parking-meters-for-bike-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-4067 Manu Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:31:18 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1679#comment-4067 Maybe the circle can be angel wings with the bicycle in the middle. Maybe the circle can be angel wings with the bicycle in the middle.

]]> By: Manu http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/30/city-planning-to-use-old-parking-meters-for-bike-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-4066 Manu Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:31:03 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1679#comment-4066 Maybe the circle can be angle wings with the bicycle in the middle. Maybe the circle can be angle wings with the bicycle in the middle.

]]> By: velocipedus http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/30/city-planning-to-use-old-parking-meters-for-bike-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-4044 velocipedus Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:15:04 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1679#comment-4044 The Sacramento Bee reports about this conversion here http://www.sacbee.com/220/story/759922.html : The design seems identical. Is there not space for some design individuality in Los Angeles? Do we copy, or can we improve? Perhaps we can do better than the Sacramento design? Did they have critical feedback there? Perhaps LA bicycle parking could express something entirely LA: what about locking your bike to the design of a car, turned upside down, like a beetle in distress? New York has a international competition to settle on a new bicycle parking design, with the stated aim to express the image of New York in the bicycle parking devices. Los Angeles copies Sacramento. There is plenty of work waiting for us out there! The Sacramento Bee reports about this conversion here http://www.sacbee.com/220/story/759922.html : The design seems identical.

Is there not space for some design individuality in Los Angeles? Do we copy, or can we improve? Perhaps we can do better than the Sacramento design? Did they have critical feedback there?

Perhaps LA bicycle parking could express something entirely LA: what about locking your bike to the design of a car, turned upside down, like a beetle in distress?

New York has a international competition to settle on a new bicycle parking design, with the stated aim to express the image of New York in the bicycle parking devices. Los Angeles copies Sacramento. There is plenty of work waiting for us out there!

]]> By: Robert Raburn http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/30/city-planning-to-use-old-parking-meters-for-bike-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-4035 Robert Raburn Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:41:17 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1679#comment-4035 The June 2008 issue of the East Bay Bicycle Coalition's newsletter <i>rideOn</i> (p.4) includes an image of the Bike Circle as installed throughout downtown Sacramento. You can read the short article and find added references to meter pole retofits at www.ebbc.org The June 2008 issue of the East Bay Bicycle Coalition’s newsletter rideOn (p.4) includes an image of the Bike Circle as installed throughout downtown Sacramento. You can read the short article and find added references to meter pole retofits at http://www.ebbc.org

]]> By: twodogkd http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/30/city-planning-to-use-old-parking-meters-for-bike-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-4009 twodogkd Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:26:46 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1679#comment-4009 Great idea. I was in Toronto recently and they had similar shaped bicycle parking, I believe it was a ring on a pole. I am posting your idea on Inland Empire Craigslist, in the Politics forum, and will try to submit your idea to our City officials. Looks great. Nice job! Great idea.

I was in Toronto recently and they had similar shaped bicycle parking, I believe it was a ring on a pole.

I am posting your idea on Inland Empire Craigslist, in the Politics forum, and will try to submit your idea to our City officials.

Looks great.

Nice job!

]]> By: mdogg http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/30/city-planning-to-use-old-parking-meters-for-bike-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-4007 mdogg Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:15:58 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1679#comment-4007 pretty cool. pretty cool.

]]> By: kg http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/30/city-planning-to-use-old-parking-meters-for-bike-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-4001 kg Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:09:24 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1679#comment-4001 This is such great news. Disappearing bike parking is especially a problem near UCLA where bicycle commuting is on the rise. This is such great news. Disappearing bike parking is especially a problem near UCLA where bicycle commuting is on the rise.

]]> By: Steve K. http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/01/30/city-planning-to-use-old-parking-meters-for-bike-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-3997 Steve K. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:02:22 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1679#comment-3997 That's great news! That’s great news!

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