Solution is simple: a few big trash trucks going through, picking them up and squishing them like little bugs. As soon as the companies that provide them start

Solution is simple: a few big trash trucks going through, picking them up and squishing them like little bugs. As soon as the companies that provide them start losing those multi-hundred to multi-thousand dollar bikes in quantify of hundreds or thousands they ( the companies ) will figure out how to deal with it. MTA a few years ago dealt with bicyclists ignoring "Dont chain your bikes to X" signs by sending its workers to cut the bikes in addition to cutting the lock chains. This quickly solved the problem.