This community has a lot of posts about the means of mobility, so I was reminded of this article about how bike racks have changed over the decades, at least ones that show up in the USA.
More micromobility options means racks will have to evolve to meet new needs, like accommodating cargo ebikes and the like. I post this so that everyone knows that better bike racks do exist, as many destinations have the older, terrible styles that were barely usable. Where you can, advocate for better bike racks and everyone will benefit!
TIL Sheffield rack is the name of the wider U rack.
TIL Steadyrack. In California, we only see those in very space constrained places, like indoor bike parking. Or onboard a train. Otherwise, yeah, they’re not preferred.
Yeah, the only thing place I see Steadyracks is at high density paid secure bike parking facilities, the basements of large office blocks with a large cycling culture among tenants, or onboard regional and semi-long haul trains
(our metropolitan trains have no bike zones at all, you’re expected just to stand up and hold your bike in the rear cab where wheelchairs would sit if it were the front cab, which is fine but some of our lines are 40-50 minutes long so it’s a long time to be standing and balancing my heavy frame, especially because I’m too short to reach the overhead grip rail)