MBTA to add bike racks

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will install approximately 1,000 more bike racks at stations throughout its system and announce its second commuter rail bike coach during Bay State Bike Week.

This summer, MBTA will also install a bike cage at Alewife station, where about 250 cyclists park their bikes daily and seven new racks were recently added.

Between 80 percent and 90 percent of subway and commuter rail stations provide bike parking. In addition, one-third of buses are equipped with bike racks, and the transit authority should have its entire fleet equipped by 2012.