u/pail_the_god

I take BART to Downtown Berkeley every day, but today is the first time I tried to use the bike stairways to roll my bike up the stairs instead of carrying it or using the elevator. The bike rails hold the bike wheel run along the side of the stairwell under the handrails, which, while inconvenient, is better than nothing. The less than ideal part is that the bike rail is blocked on either end (and on both sides of the stairwell) by handrail anchors, which means the bike is also blocked and you have to just brute force pick it up and carry the last bits.

Was this just never finished or improperly installed? Bike stairways are so nice when the function properly, this seems like it might've been an oversight.