Comments on: Bike Decatur and City Put $1000 Towards Bike Rack Installation

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:16:35 +0000

You could shoot for twice as many by soliciting another round of matching funds in coordination with site selection (e.g. $40 nominations).

By: TOK

TOK — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:52:03 +0000

Thanks. OK, so with even a modest deal on the price, that would be about 13 2-bike bike racks. Not too bad.

By: Tom L

Tom L — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:05:09 +0000

Photo credit to Mike Gerke. Nice.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:53:04 +0000

The price of a two-bike bike rack installed thru SOPO is $95 for the first and $85 for each additional. But I would guessing the city could get a deal of some sort.

By: TOK

TOK — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:10:47 +0000

So how many bike racks (and how big) will $1000 get you? And how will the locations be determined? Maybe somebody from the city should go around a few times during the week (maybe a weekday afternoon, a Friday might, and a Saturday afternoon) and see what places around Decatur have lots of bikes chained up to stop signs and other non-bikeracks. I’d like to see one installed near Kavarna myself.