After my husband’s bike was stolen twice in less than a year, I started wondering why it’s so hard to know whether a place is safe to park a bike.
We have Google Maps for navigation, Strava heatmaps for routes, etc., but there’s almost no visibility into bike parking safety.
I’ve been exploring a concept called the Bike Parking Safety Index — combining things like infrastructure conditions, theft reports, lighting, and rider feedback into a simple signal that could help riders evaluate parking spots.
I wrote up the idea here:
https://bikeparkingindex.org
It’s still very early and very much a concept, but I’d be curious how people here think about bike parking risk today.
What do you usually look for when deciding where to lock your bike?
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