>From what I can tell, the bike racks are being used as structural 
>reinforcement for the snowbanks, their regular spine-like layout providing a 
>sketetal structure to keep the snowbanks from collapsing back into the 
>streets. I forgot to look when I was at the Library on Saturday, but I 
>remember last year, the Overture Center plowed their sidewalks, in many places 
>considerably beyond what was needed (wider than a typical 5-foot-wide 
>residential sidewalk), and used the rack on W. Mifflin St as a place to dump 
>the snow.

>From a cursory look at the racks on the square, they're mostly useless. I saw 
>one with a mtn. bike sorta laid on top of it, with just enough duckbill 
>sticking out of the snow to get a cable through. If you have a U-lock, U outta 
>luck.

---- Matt Logan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> Has anyone besides me noticed how poorly the State Street bike racks
> have been maintained through the last few snow storms?  As I tried to
> park my bike at the BFW listening session, I noticed the UW racks were
> absolutely abysmal in terms of how well they have been maintained this
> winter.  How is the rest of Madison doing?

---------------
Paul T. O'Leary
Chronic Nuisance
Madison, WI USA

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