Bike Arcing

26 June 2009 - 5:00am

A new system of bike storage debuts in Palo Alto and Redwood City, CA next week. The Bike Arc aims to be more elegant and space-saving than the standard U-shaped rack.

"The Bike Arc is a simple curved unit that combines the space-saving quality of hanging systems with a much easier to maneuver roll-in-place design. The units can be configured in a variety of ways to suit different urban conditions: standing alone as the circular umbrella arc; incorporated into bus shelters; or fully covered in the double-loaded tube design.'

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Source: The Architect's Newspaper, June 25, 2009
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Instead of demeaning so-called "third world cities", we would do well to observe, understand, and adapt such approach on a much more widescale basis.