Other thoughts----
Our local buses have nice bike racks on the front, but I am reluctant to use them because:
1) they are used almost exclusively by homeless and near-homeless folks with the nastiest, scummiest bikes you can imagine. Needless to say, they dump their clunkers onto the racks with little regard for others.
2) the buses that come to my little town run every half-hour. Sooo, let's say I just miss one and have to wait a half-hour (maybe much longer if they're delayed, which happens often/usually, especially near rush hours). So by the time the next bus arrives, I'm really exhausted from waiting. At last, here it comes!! Oops, the bike rack is full. Have to wait for the next one . . .What if its rack is full?? Never again will I do this. . .