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Q: A Seattle resident said he and his children like to put their bikes on Metro buses, but there aren’t enough bus racks to handle them. “When will they get more bike racks for buses?” Hargrove asked. “I have two kids, and we all like to ride our bikes. We would ride more and go more places in the city if we could take our bikes along.”

A: Metro has been working on adding more bike-carrying capacity for some time, said Metro spokeswoman Linda Thielke. “You should start seeing three-bike racks on some routes by the end of the year,” she said. “It took a good deal of research to design a three-bike rack that was lightweight yet sturdy, offered enough front-end clearance for safe bus operations and could be manufactured to Metro’s specifications.”

From the Seattle Times