points

good points raised by Toronto article:
bike sharing - Bikes don’t require quite as much room as cars to park, but when they are popular parking still is a challenge.

The beauty of the ring and post is that you can park right in front of your destination.

Bikes are widely available and treated as a semi-disposable household item; and they need to have it at their own home every morning, and leave it at their station all day long.

Who is selling these “hot bikes”?

Parking lots for bikes can also be found in many places in Denmark (”Cykelparkering”), Switzerland (”Velostation”) and Germany (”Radstation”).