{"id":1017,"date":"2008-06-13T19:39:08","date_gmt":"2008-06-14T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/06\/13\/bad-bike-racks\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:54:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:54:37","slug":"bad-bike-racks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/06\/13\/bad-bike-racks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad bike racks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Montreal has been investing a lot in its cycling infrastructure, especially in terms of bike parking: thousands of new spots will be added across the city this summer. That’s a relief, because we’ve long been stuck with these frustrating and ineffective racks, which date back to the 1990s. Each one holds up to six bikes, but they’re hard to deal with, easily damaged and take up a lot of space. They’re also hideous.<\/p>\n

Instead of having one of these on each block, I wish Montreal would install post-and-ring racks like the ones in Toronto. They’re simple, easy to use and hugely popular; it’s inspiring to walk down a street like College or Queen West and see so many bikes. As Matt Blackett writes on our sister blog, Toronto will soon be getting new street furniture<\/a>, designed by Astral Media. I find most of it to be awfully bland but I’m glad to see that the post-and-ring bike stands have been retained. <\/p>\n

Of course, we don’t necessarily need to ape Toronto — we can steal ideas from Vancouver, which has a variety of attractive<\/a> and efficient<\/a> bike racks, many of which were paid for by property developers. We could take a cue from Copenhagen<\/strike> the Netherlands, one of the word’s bike capitals, where some racks are equipped with air pumps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What we really need, however, is a diversity of bike racks adapted to a variety of different street environments. Things are slowly improving with the introduction of some nice on-street bike stands in Ville-Marie and the Plateau as well as the new rings installed on parking posts around the city (they open up many more spots to anyone without a u-lock) but we need more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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