City Bicycle Support

Last year the City of Albuquerque distributed who knows how many "free" bicycle vaults to various businesses around town and my company was one of them.  During the warmer  months of the year we used to have 6 or 7 cyclists riding almost daily, and it was a kick to see all those bikes chained to the rack, even though I often had to chain mine elsewhere, like along the outdoor employee patio railing.  Small inconvenience for the benefits of having so many riding bikes and all that.
At first, I thought the pie-shaped protective vaults were a good idea.  They appear to be molded fiberglass and the wedge - pie shape allows most "normal" bikes to be backed into the slot before locking the door:

These provide protection for your bike from sun, wind, rain, dust, theft (since you can't tell if a bike is inside), IF your bike will fit inside..... which of course, mine won't.  The recumbent is too long by half and even my normal mountain and road bikes won't fit because of the radio antennas I have mounted on them.
No worries, I'm not complaining.... one of the things that may make these things counterproductive is precisely one of their strengths:  You can't SEE any bikes inside.  No longer can you see how many rode to work on a given day;  most will be locked inside these lockers and at best one or two will be in the outside visible-to-the-public bike rack.  So I'm worrying that the lack of visual reinforcement may actually work to DIScourage bike ridership since it no longer provides the motivation of "Wow!  If all those people can ride to work, maybe I should too!"
With these hidey-hole lockers there is normally only a bike or two visible, and we can be dismissed as just a couple of bike fanatic loonies.