BIKE: Bike Lockers in UT Parking Garages

[Stuart Werbner]

Patrick, I totally agree.

With 2 seconds of thought, I have come up with 2 things that would be a much 
much better investment:

#1 Cheap Investment -- more hoop racks similar to, but perhaps more secure 
than what the city had been installing. Eliminate and Replace any and all of 
those stupid-sss hinge racks with the hoop racks.

#2 More Expensive Investment -- public showers similar to what is available 
on the south shore of the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail. (We could debate 
whether or not privacy stalls are necessary). Even without the privacy 
stalls, they would still be fairly useful, especially on broiling hot days.

You have my support in seeking to call a time-out on the bike lockers.


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>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?
>
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