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That allentown bike ring looks to be rusting already...no? I certainly hope any new rings/old poles would be treated in a way to prevent them from turning into rusty pieces of metal...aka blight.

the ring you are looking at in the picture was done many many many years ago.. I have no idea exactly when but is not one of the new ones installed with help from steel crazy.

Hertel is already a particularly hard place to lock up your bike. I go there often enough to knoew which trees my lock will fit around and which ones it wont. not easy for me and not good for the tree. How come this isn't something like the beach.. it is an easy way to make the city a bike friendlier place. Just like cars, the more infrastructure and amenities available the more users will user the system. Studies in Germany have shown this and created new bike cultures where before none existed.

Who should we hound? This is a little frustrating and with gas prices on average 4 dollars a gallon around WNY (NPR today) this is something that should be on the forefront of politicians minds.

With the Complete Streets being passed, it seems that this would be easy enough to accomplish, especially if Rivera can get it in front of the Common Council quickly. I always thought it would be nice to make something Buffalo themed that would add an artisitic quality to the racks. I know someone has already made one, what happened when that was brought to the Council?

About Councilman Rivera, I've been fortunate to have met him at a couple of community events in the last month, and have been impressed - wish we had a few more like him on council in My Fair City. He's very engaged with the community, and it doesn't surprise me that he would have been the first to respond on an issue like this.

Just what we need, more hapless bikers on the streets of the City blowing through stop lights, stop signs and riding on the wrong side of the road. It's time to start ticketing these idiots before they wind up road kill.

Matthewjohn - hapless bikers? Should we ticket the bikers for blowing off stop signs because they might hurt someone? Let's ticket the cars that blow through stop signs at 30 mph and try to educate people on bikes that they have to ride WITH traffic - not against it. Let's ticket drivers who refuse to allow bikers to share the road. Bikers have as much right to a FULL traffic lane as a car. Most are conscientious enough to allow cars to share that lane by riding on the shoulder, but the law gives them the right to a full lane. I've never quite understood why people have so much anger toward bikers.