Parking-Meter Bike Racks Intrigue Bryn Mawr Merchants

The Bryn Mawr Business Association is hoping to install bike racks on parking meters in the Lancaster Avenue corridor, association president Kathy Bogosian said at Tuesday night's meeting.

Bogosian took an informal poll of proprietors in the back room of the New Leaf Club, and no one objected to having new bike racks in front of their businesses.

A Somerville, MA, parking-meter bike rack is pictured here.

The association believes the racks would cost about $200 apiece, perhaps funded to some degree by local sponsors. The issue may be discussed next month at a Lower Merion Board of Commissioners meeting.

Bike riders of Patch: Would you be more likely to visit Bryn Mawr businesses if they had more places to lock bikes? Tell us in the comments section below.