The City of Dunedin Artistic Bicycle Rack initiative was established in the late summer of 2009. The City’s Artistic Bicycle Rack program represents a regional quality of life benefit to both the community and the environment, is innovative and is cost effective. The ability to ride a bicycle and have adequate facilities for the same is an attractive quality of life that often cannot be enjoyed in other communities, without similar infrastructure or climate.  The bicycle rack program further benefits the environment by providing residents an alternative mode of travel, and ultimately leads to a reduced carbon footprint.