bicycle barrier farce
It's a well-known fact that in Osaka there is one bicycle for every cockroach, which means there are lots. Too many, in fact.
To ensure orderliness in the bike department, specially built bicycle parks can be found at train stations across the city. You pay a small fee (about 1,500 yen for a monthly pass) to leave your bike, go off to work and collect it at the end of the day. However, there are people who would prefer not to pay, and so park their bike somewhere a little further from the station.
Below is one such place where non-payers like to leave them, but recently the situation was getting out of control, with a mass of spokes, wheels, baskets and handlebars blocking the walkway.......
.....and so the authorities swooped in under the cover of darkness, scooped up the bikes and erected barriers with signs warning people not to park there ever, ever again......
.....however, within days it looked like this, proving that the bike removal, barrier erecting and sign placing was a rather pointless exercise........
.....seems like they need one of these fellas to keep an eye on things.....
A man who can organise bikes.
To ensure orderliness in the bike department, specially built bicycle parks can be found at train stations across the city. You pay a small fee (about 1,500 yen for a monthly pass) to leave your bike, go off to work and collect it at the end of the day. However, there are people who would prefer not to pay, and so park their bike somewhere a little further from the station.
Below is one such place where non-payers like to leave them, but recently the situation was getting out of control, with a mass of spokes, wheels, baskets and handlebars blocking the walkway.......
.....and so the authorities swooped in under the cover of darkness, scooped up the bikes and erected barriers with signs warning people not to park there ever, ever again......
.....however, within days it looked like this, proving that the bike removal, barrier erecting and sign placing was a rather pointless exercise........
.....seems like they need one of these fellas to keep an eye on things.....
A man who can organise bikes.
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on Sunday, May 06, 2007 at 6:32 am.
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On Sunday, 06 May, 2007,
Harp said:
Judging by the size of their bicycles, I reckon you must have some big, scary cockroaches in Osaka...
On Tuesday, 08 May, 2007,
Anonymous said:
I live in Tokyo and some of the "no bicycles" signs have a cartoon picture of a big scary cat bearing its claws. Still not enough to deter a thousand people from parking in front of it though. These Japanese people are tough.
On Tuesday, 08 May, 2007,
Citizen_Stu said:
On Wednesday, 09 May, 2007,
Anonymous said:
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owenandbenjamin said:
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ZaPaper said:
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