That is part of the reason for the bike corral placement in Shadyside.
2012-07-02 17:08:47
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Parking chairs and on-street bike parking on corners
The inspiration for this idea was a couple parking chairs set out on Wightman Street this morning. It didn't seem to make sense at first glance -- no one saves parking in the summer because no one has to shovel out their spot to park there. On second glance, the chairs were placed on a corner where the curb was painted yellow for no parking. So someone in the neighborhood apparently tired of people parking on corners, limiting visibility. A great solution to this problem would be to make those parking chairs useful -- how about a parking chair-shaped bike rack for corners along the lines of the video below? It'd make a nice statement that everyone should respect, showing that bikes have as much cultural history in Pittsburgh as parking chairs do.
http://www.streetfilms.org/making-streets-safer-with-on-street-bike-parking/
2012-07-02 16:24:03
That would be awesome. Talked about it a bit in this thread: http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/bike-corrals-theyre-happening/page/2
Could look like this:
2012-07-02 17:17:55