Usually you can find some kind of sign post or light pole near the entrance of the store to chain your bike to. I’ve even chained my bike to a building’s natural gas inlet pipe before.
Yes that’s fine if your locking up a personal bike, but these are shared bikes that might be going one way (which creates a bigger problem), but can be mitigated with real parking areas. Like one car space holds a dozen bikes. It’s not hard to make room for them.
Except that making that room for them comes at a cost to someone. Someone has to give up space they were using for something else … and that usually costs money. These corporate bike companies want to use public walkways as that space, for free.
Usually you can find some kind of sign post or light pole near the entrance of the store to chain your bike to. I’ve even chained my bike to a building’s natural gas inlet pipe before.
Yes that’s fine if your locking up a personal bike, but these are shared bikes that might be going one way (which creates a bigger problem), but can be mitigated with real parking areas. Like one car space holds a dozen bikes. It’s not hard to make room for them.
Except that making that room for them comes at a cost to someone. Someone has to give up space they were using for something else … and that usually costs money. These corporate bike companies want to use public walkways as that space, for free.