Did you know that Seattle had a large part in making bike racks on the front of buses standard nationwide? Well now you do.
(Thanks to ECB from the Slog.)
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None of this information seemed to mention anything about whether other US cities have bus bike racks. Did I miss something?
Also Slog commenters noted that this blog post was pretty much a copy and paste of information on the Metro web site:
http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bike/h-bikerack.html
The manufacturer, Sportworks of Woodinville, lists “over 500 properties” in the US and Canada using their bike racks.
You can search their list by state/province.
I don’t have any sort of documentation, but I’ve heard that the transit portion of the American with Disabilities Act was based on Metro’s policies for passengers with disabilities.
Metro started around 1980 with their new buses having wheelchair lifts, of their own design. When 1008 joined the MEHVA fleet, it had the trolley portion of the historic fleet finally became ADA compliant.
As for bikeracks, I can see why. The Evergreen Point FLoating Bridge was designed in an era where everybody was driving, or that was what it was headed to become, so no walkway was added. That meant, no place for bikes. The Murrow at least had a walkway when built.(I mean the original one, not the replacement).
One problem with the bike racks is that they’re still officially illegal under state law – which bars the mounting of any after-market accessory that extends past the front bumper on any vehicle.
Interesting, the State Patrol is in violation of such a law. We have an ex-cruiser (ala Blues Mobile) and the tapped holes from the push bumper are still there.