That’s the whole idea, but I’ll highlight a few details I love about this. First of all, the bike parking is raised a little. That gives the bikes and bikers a little more prominence and importance — it’s an implicit signal of respect — while also providing slightly more safety . Also, I love that this one is right in a very visible portion of the street. True, some bikers may not love that, but it makes everyone driving by look at the bike parking and think about biking themselves.
Naturally, the fact that you can move these portable bike parking stations around is great since it allows you to find the places in the city with the most natural demand for bike parking and then stick permanent bike parking docks in those spots.Last, but not least, it’s worth noting and remembering that you can put 10 bikes in the same space as one car parking space.
If only they’d come up with a clever low-cost way for cyclists to actually obey traffic laws, like, oh, stopping at stop signs and red lights. Imagine if bike manufacturers installed devices on all bikes to record a Tesla-like safety score. Would there be any scores above 10? 😂