SRTC Transportation Blog: Going Underground With Bike Parking

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Going Underground With Bike Parking

Any time I ask, 'What would get you to ride your bike to work more often?' one of the first answers I get is, 'More bike parking.' We're getting better about providing bike parking in our area, but there's still a lot needed. In fact, we're no where near as progressive as the Japanese city in this video, where they park bikes underground! Check it out. And thanks to Charlie from the North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation for sending this to me.

4 comments:

Rachel said...: Man I love Japan; August 27, 2009 at 2:27 PM
SRTC Staff said...: I know. They have all the cool stuff; trains, robots, underground bike parking, Toyota, Hello Kitty...; August 27, 2009 at 2:47 PM
vanillajane said...: Hey, they even have human filing cabinet-like beds you can crawl into for a nap. YES!; August 27, 2009 at 9:53 PM
SRTC Staff said...: It's not just the Japanese, I have one of those in my office too. Oh wait, it actually IS a filing cabinet.; August 28, 2009 at 8:14 AM

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