Your city buses with bike racks?

[Eden]

Seattle started with 2 up racks and due to high demand switched to 3 up racks - there've been some technical snafus... the 3 racks aren't as sturdy and the first batch had to be totally replaced. The new ones seem to be a bit better, but they are getting stuck up or down fairly regularly (while down is better for us, the drivers can't see them when they are down with no bikes on.....). I had to wait for the next bus a few weeks ago (I had a sidewall blow out on my rear tire!) because the rack was stuck up. The driver offered to let me bring my bike on, but the next one was only 10 min away so I was nice too and declined.

We have bike hangers on our light rail - really they should have two hangers in each spot, there's enough space, but I've never seen them fill with bikes. Most of the time you just have to kick some tourist's baggage out....

[NbyNW]

11 lines in Edmonton have bus racks. Still a lot more to do!

[skhill]

I'm in Lexington, KY, and all our full-size buses have 2 up racks. On some routes, they see a lot of use, on others not so much. Using one made me realize just how heavy my bike is!

[Fredwina]

The Socal agencies I'm familiar with (LACMTA(Metro), Foothill, Omnitrans, and the EL Monte Trolley) all have them_)

[shootingstar]

I agree Grog, that some European cities have some very narrow streets.

In terms of the density...maybe as reason why there are less tendencies to have racks on local buses. There are some big cities that are sprawly with dreary suburbs, just not as widespread in geographic coverage compared to many North American cities, big and small.

North America is hugely sprawly which has made some urban planning designs not terribly efficient.

An article that I just wrote today for our tourism board to promote how to use cycling in combination with ferry, bus, train, etc. for trips to islands, etc.

Yes, Groundhog it is possible to do it our region with bike, etc. and without a car. We do it most of the time. (Well, we don't have a car.) Maybe above link will give you ideas for trip planning. lst link in starting the topic thread was part I --about multi-modal travel within our city.

[shootingstar]

Crazycanuck, maybe this thread should inspire/give evidence what Perth is missing out and shouldn't resist. After all, one more transport mode would be good if it gets too hot at times where you are with bike.

This videoclip is from bus bike rack manufacturer. After bidding process, TransLink, our transit authority chose them for the 2 bike rack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLNmXdzTQDI

Europeans may not know how advantageous it is to have bike racks on buses. Some will be coming to Vancouver in future. (More about that later.. ) I'm thinking of countries like Spain, Greece, etc. where it's hotter, terrain is hillier, just would put off alot of locals.