The pandemic set off an extraordinary surge in biking in New York City as people sought to avoid public transit and embrace new ways to exercise. But now the spike has run headlong into a familiar problem on the city’s congested streets: no parking. Cyclists have rolled up to apartment buildings, offices, stores and restaurants only to find nowhere to leave their bikes. Many lug them inside, or improvise makeshift parking by locking them to street signs — breaking a city law that is rarely enforced — or trees, gates and fences. The lack of parking, cyclists and advocates complain, has even helped fuel a jump in bike thefts.

Source: New York Times January 26, 2021 09:56 UTC