Bike Rack Critique

I didn’t mean for this to turn into advocacy. A local business posted about their new bike racks on Facebook. I thought that was awesome! But I had some questions… The first one was, “It it anchored into concrete?” which was based largely on the fact that I often drive to a place and see a 6 foot long bike rack that is not attached and I was able to easily pick it up and carry it around. It’s so insecure I would never lock my bike to it. I didn’t want to come across as a complainer so I asked a bunch of bike people what their thoughts were, and I’ve distilled them below. (Note: Some people were very helpful, others seemed upset with me even though I specifically did not name the business in question or try to “call them out”. As I said, I want to collect and gather useful feedback, and I applaud any business that takes cyclists into account.) Placement A number of people pointed out that if bikes were placed in this rack they would be blocking the sidewalk. Bikes would be in the way…