[nullnilvoid]

It is not everywhere per say. There are restrictions saying where you can put your bikes. There are designated places in cities where bikes are allowed. For example, in San Francisco, there are only certain places where you can park your bikes.

[r00fus]

America: where you can park your car wherever you want (and laws are set up to mandate construction of parking access for new buildings), but parking your bike is limited to specific areas.

Just in case there's anyone still harboring the illusion that the auto/petroleum industry isn't thoroughly dominant in US culture.

[sushisource]

That's absolute nonsense. I can't park my car on a sidewalk. I can't park my car in the middle of a park on the grass.

Sure, there's no doubt that cars still dominate in the US but yours is a hysterically fallacious comparison.

Additionally I find that bike parking is literally never enforced unless you're directly inconveniencing someone who then calls it in.

[thescriptkiddie]

You actually can park your car on a sidewalk in a lot of American cities. For example, in Los Angeles:

http://la.streetsblog.org/2017/04/12/parkway-parking-really-...

[clairity]

well no, you still can't park on the sidewalk in LA, only the parkway (area between the sidewalk and the curb) or the apron (part of the driveway between the sidewalk and the road).

in any case, i would love to have this kind of inexpensive rackless bike sharing in LA. the metro has bike sharing in downtown (https://bikeshare.metro.net/), but it's not rackless and is only economical if you live and/or work there and can use it often. santa monica has expensive, racked bike share (https://santamonicabikeshare.com/), blah.

(i used to bike quite a bit in LA but my bike was stolen... from a well-lit metro station, no less.)