25 to 50 Large Birds

[transposed from my thread ] http:// rackspotter.com is a very useful tool to have at hand (for #bikemoco but also #bikedc / #bikeva /etc), although it'd be nice if it had features where you could filter (and rate?) bike racks. The actual usability/convenience of racks varies so widely. Some are well-positioned, have plenty of space, and are compatible with a wide variety of bicycle styles and types of locks. Others are very poorly thought out for various reasons. I know there's a feature where you can leave comments about specific racks, but I don't think it's possible to sort/filter the map points that way. So for example, a rack that's badly positioned and placed too close to a wall might have a lower rating than one that's positioned conveniently outside a building's front entrance with plenty of space. Additionally, perhaps also include info on whether given racks are prone to fill up (at present, maybe this might get mentioned in a comment)

I'm going to make a series of posts reviewing the quality of the print bike maps put out by the various regional governments. The set consists of Alexandria, Arlington County, DC, Fairfax County, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County. I finally got my hands on a paper copy of Arlington's map recently, thus completing the quartet of Arlington, Alexandria, DC and Montgomery. As I do not have paper copies of the maps for Fairfax or Prince George's, I'll refer to what is available online. Although print maps may be somewhat obsolete by now, they still exist and some people may use them, so I think it's worthwhile to analyze how effective they are. I'll review the maps for things like overall usefulness, recency, clarity, quality of information and so on. Stay tuned! Once the series is completed, I'll add a link to it in this post.