Building Better Bicycle Racks

As more Americans ride their bikes to work, play, and shopping as a way to beat high gas prices, it’s only natural that there’d be more of a need for places to park bicycles. Apparently, there’s a dearth of spots in Philly, according to Inga Saffron, the Philadelphia Inquirer‘s architecture critic. She says the problems begin when the bicyclists halt; they tend to lock their two-wheeled vehicles to anything immobile, whether it’s a pretty wrought-iron fence or concourse railing.