BIKE: Bike Lockers in UT Parking Garages

[Patrick Goetz]

I ran into Austin Gleeson the other day and he said "Hey! Did you hear 
the news?  You're going to be getting bike lockers in the parking 
garages!"  At first I wasn't even sure what he was talking about until 
he explained that they're lockers to put your bike in.

Have any of the UT people on this list heard anything about this?  I'm 
worried that this is going to be another sizeable expenditure on 
something that is almost entirely unnecessary and impractical to boot, 
just like those goofy and complicated hinged bike rack gadgets that one 
finds at places like ACC and the One Texas Center parking garage which 
no one can use because they aren't the right size for the vast majority 
of bikes.  Not only are they taking up valuable space that could contain 
useable bike racks, but they're so much more expensive than the simpler 
alternatives.

My opinion is that 95% of bicyclists' needs will be met by simply 
installing the same U-shaped racks that the city installs.  Cheap, 
simple, effective, and able to accomodate recumbents and other odd-sized 
bikes.

Anyone else have any thougths on this?