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selphfourgiveness t1_j5v8oz3 wrote

Meanwhile here in Ontario, I often have to search for a signpost in a parking lot to lock my bike to because dedicated racks are far and few between, and many of them are rusted out or not even attached to the pavement anymore.

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Klumber t1_j5vntu3 wrote

I was walking through a nearby city recently and saw parking racks for bikes. 'oh nice, shame they aren't used!' then I realised the only way to get to them was by going up 30 steps of stair, or through a big shopping mall. Brilliant design.

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NiranS t1_j5w8wec wrote

Anywhere in Canada…except our Library( the library is the one place that has 4 good bike stands)

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selphfourgiveness t1_j5w95wp wrote

Ha, yes, you can usually count on libraries, thank goodness. I keep a mental record of any stores or other buildings that actually have good, or any, bike racks. Big box stores and giant SmartCentres are usually the worst.

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-Wobblier t1_j5yhmjq wrote

We are so behind here in North America.

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mathisrowan1 t1_j5yz4xb wrote

We travel much greater distances on average.

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Cynical_Cabinet t1_j5z9srk wrote

And why does that make bike racks not exist at destinations?

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jabberwockgee t1_j63aill wrote

Because they would be unused at most places making it generally unnecessary to invest in them?

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aspheric_cow t1_j5zk67w wrote

That's a choice we made, to build things far apart and connect them with roads rather than building walkable / bikable cities.

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DeliciousPandaburger t1_j636fvd wrote

And its your own fault, you built it like that. In the 1930s/40s/50s you had many many cities european style with stuff in walking distance. Americans HAVING to need to rely on cars is entirely artificialy made.

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Krillin113 t1_j5y5fql wrote

.. thats why they byikd this here as well, because there isn’t enough space (2 million bikes, 1 million people) we love bikes like Americans live guns

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