To solve the problem of the decline in bike parking, New York City’s Department of Transportation (DOT) came up with an ingenious idea of transforming old meters into bike racks.
The DOT will be retrofitting the remaining 12,000 meter poles into bicycle racks, following the trial period of decommissioning 200 single-space parking meter poles that have been transformed into bicycle parking.
In effort to provide more bike parking, the DOT retrofit will combine two separate campaigns: removing old parking meters, and installing new bike racks; by modifying these old poles into new parking spaces for bicycles.
The idea—manufactured and designed by Long Island-based Louis Barbato Landscaping—consists of the rack taking the shape of a circular wheel attached to an old meter pole, giving cyclists an easy time to lock their bikes through the hoops.
This not only gives citizens more easily accessible bike parking, but also helps reuse the unwanted “junk” of the city.
[via NYC DOT]