When Tommy passed the Bike Parking Bill to increase bike parking across the District, I approached him with the idea of creating artistic bike racks instead of the old, boring U shaped racks that you see everywhere. He gave me the thumbs up, and I reached out to the Department of Transportation and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. 8 months later, I'm very excited that the city has announced an artistic bike rack initiative and a call to artists for designs.

With this pilot project, 4 designs will be selected and placed across the city. Each design winner receives $1,500 and all designs must be submitted by July 11th.

In addition to the pilot, money has been allocated in the FY2009 budget to have unique artistic bike racks placed through the District, similar to a program in Louisville, Kentucky. An example of different type of bike rack is shown to the right.

If you know of anyone that would like to submit a design, please click here for more information or feel free to contact me at 202-724-8063 with any additional questions or comments.