Bicycle parking on the Mall

The National Park Service is in the process of adding bike parking around the Washington Monument - last week I saw where they had marked the spots for their installation. Reportedly, some will be of the inverted U variety and some the bollard style. If you've ever tried to park your bike on the mall, then you've probably found yourself trying to lock it to one of the park benches and that can be a frustrating endeavor (they should get some like the one pictured below).

In general NPS plans to add more parking all around the mall, but hasn't any hard plans - not even with the Lincoln Memorial Circle Project (Which promises safer pedestrian and cyclist crossings via 2 New Traffic Signals and to move the bicycle path on the south side to provide for safer sight-lines).

In addition to permanent parking, the mall needs some sort of temporary parking that NPS can move (or rent) for special events. Whether it's Screen on the Green or the 4th of July celebration/security demonstration, it's always hard to find parking. Maybe that can be part of the 3rd century mall.