Users download an app so they can open the pod, then lock their bikes again inside. “We created Oonee after repeatedly experiencing bike theft while commuting in New York City,” the company says on its website. Funding for the bike parking pod installation was raised by Oonee, which also commissioned the mural designed in partnership with the BID to surround the pod. Why clutter the streetscape with structures and electronic signage when a bike on its own is elegant and a bike rack is simple? (The company does have docks that do the same thing without the structure.)

Source: New York Times September 06, 2023 18:12 UTC