New York City is investing $2 million to turn 12,000 old parking-meter poles into bike racks. They will look similar to more than 200 existing bike racks, also made from old parking meters, that feature a hoop-shaped rack fixed to the middle of the pole. Those racks are already up in parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. Officials say that using existing infrastructure saves money because they don’t have to rip out the poles. And because they’re made out of sturdy old parking meters, the racks are more difficult to steal.
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