Originally Posted by
pacificaslim
Yeah, no one wears helmets and bike lanes are non-existant (and yet bike usage is very high: take that "advocates"). But one nice thing about Japan is that there is bike parking, often covered - like you can see in this photo - at schools, train stations, etc. Fortunately this truck rolled when it did and not a while earlier while dozens of kids were parking their bikes there.
Oh but there is bike parking... thus some form of encouraging facility.