I’ve seen the future of Hawthorne train station, and it involves a bike rack.

Yes, after my relentless hectoring of the poor folks at Mount Pleasant Town Hall, they’ve not only ordered the rack, but are installing it as we speak! As I waited for the 8:16 this morning, I saw a backhoe, a Mount Pleasant town truck, and no less than three employees ripping a wooden parking barrier out of the ground to make room for the rack, which sat in plastic packaging leaning against the station house.

And Mount Pleasant isn’t burying this thing in the far reaches of the station lot. Not by a longshot–it’s right next to the station house. If you scored this spot with your car, you’d feel good the rest of the week. 

Cheers to Mount Pleasant, and a gigantic boo for me for doubting that this thing would be in place by Labor Day.