This year, Saskatoon is phasing out the use of its obsolete coin payment parking meters and moving to central pay stations (1 or 2 per block). The main drawback is that the parking meters have been used for decades as informal bike racks. So, the City is retrofitting many of the parking meter posts into bike racks, and a select few in the downtown and adjacent business districts into a "pedestrian amenity station," which will include a table-top with cupholder and hook for a bike helmet/bag/etc., as well as a fold-down seat.
It's definitely an out of the box idea. I'm interested to see the kind of use these things get...
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Originally Posted by Echoes
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