Raleigh Wants You To Fund New Cool Bike Racks

WUNC | By Carol Jackson

Published December 12, 2013 at 5:31 PM EST

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Bike racks have come a long way, baby. If you're thinking about those old metal U shaped ones, well, where have you been?

There are some amazing racks out there. One design blogdocuments some of the coolest.

Hanging bike parking in the historic Spalding building in Portland, OR

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Wall bike rack designed by Luca718

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Raleigh does have some interesting racks, like this one.

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Will Raleigh be able to get "cool" racks? Well, it's up to you. The city is kicking off a pilot project, trying to "crowdfund" some new ones.

The goal is to finance the project with small donations from people. It will cost $6,500. If they get the money, and you donate, you get to vote for the final design.

By the way, Raleigh planners are also crowdfunding benches for the new 28 mile long Neuse River Greenway.

Perhaps they could combine the two projects, with a bike rack/bench. Yes, they do exist.

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