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7 Great Solutions for Safely Parking City Bikes

April Streeter, 12 July 2010, USA: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation
It's not hard to find innovation in bike parking - lots of funky and functional designs are constantly being created for parking fixtures - the staples, rungs, and poles that help cyclists secure their bikes to something in hopes of avoiding theft. But what about cyclists that want more, more security, and more services, and are willing to pay? Innovative examples are fewer and further between, partly due to cost. We've found seven of the systems that deter theft and give cyclists peice of mind. And because you can park 6-10 bikes in one average car space, this parking helps local municipalities minimize cars and maximize bikes in city cores.
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