YAY- bike racks for my little town!

[Iris616]

Great Job!!

[Tuckervill]

Lisa, how about you post the research you did so we don't have to recreate?

Thanks,
Karen

[CarbonCandy]

Way to go! It's always exciting when they throw something back at you and its a GOOD thing! Congrats!

[GLC1968]

Success! See...being 'crazy bike lady' pays off!

That's really cool, though. You'll have to be sure to post photos of the completed street with the racks when it's done.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I'm excited! Thanks for the lead, Tulip. My DH has a few leads as well.
I know I have a couple of weeks at least to get info together for the village board- no huge rush because they can install them at anytime during the next month or two or three. I figure the Fall will be fine, when they are putting in new trees and signage along the sidewalks.

Yes, I will take before and after pix and yes I will post some links here for others to maybe use when they approach their own town boards.

I don't expect perfection, but they seem open to my suggestions and hopefully the racks will be installed logically (not facing the wrong direction, etc). I want them to see that bikers help the village traffic congestion situation, that we are a friendly and helpful bunch, and simply want to park our bikes in an orderly, efficient, and safe way.

I went into that meeting thinking that they would look at me as an annoying bike kook. Instead they welcomed my ideas and asked me to help! I think being really friendly and talking about how it would improve the village -rather than just complaining- was a big help in getting them on my side. Showing actual pictures of orderly discrete-looking bike racks in use on other town sidewalks really helped too.

This project will likely take several months, because Main Street consruction is still in full swing and bike racks are a finishing touch, but I will certainly post back here when there are updates. I realize now that this thread might well inspire more TE cyclists to do the same in their towns as well. Imagine if another TE'er posted pix here of the racks SHE was responsible for getting installed in HER town too! COOL BEANS.
Thanks for all your kind words.