Open Bicycle

I saw this ingenious idea that’s being implemented in Barcelona- street sign bike rack converters.  The two piece steel halves are bolted together with shear bolts and effectively transform an existent street sign post or meter into a secure bike locking point.  The brightly powdercoated design stands out and signals the availability of bicycle parking spaces.  As the Wired article notes, the most impressive feature of this very smart urban space hack is perhaps the fact that it legitimizes an activity that normally occupies a legally gray area, e.g. locking a bike to whatever permanent structure one can find on the street… Mayor Menino, Ms. Freedman: take note?