Comments on: Secure Bike Parking Just Cents Per Hour

By: Rubique

Rubique — Mon, 23 May 2011 02:25:00 +0000

(one of) The point of bicycle is a much lower land use for parking than cars. Also, unless those boxes are available everywhere you might ride, you still need your bike security kit.

Road designs that allow bike parking is a much more realistic solution for security. For example, we need parking meters with built-in attach for U-locks, and stuff like this.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:42:05 +0000

re: tax credits... not necessary. San Francisco requires all parking garages to offer bike parking (racks and space, not necessarily this secure). In a garage, security is usually higher than on the street for both cars and bikes. The bike parking doesn't have to be free, however, but usually is (or is cheap).

By: Business and Common Law

Business and Common Law — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:58:02 +0000

Business and Common Law...

I couldn't understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting...

By: dave

dave — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:52:03 +0000

I'd like to see a tax credit to any parking garage that adds this option to it's car park business. NYC lacks the street space for the Bart style parking but I wish we could take a good bike up to the Met and lock it up and not worry.

By: Clarence

Clarence — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:21:50 +0000

NYC is currently in a mode of forward thinking at the highest levels of the NYC DOT. What we would propose is a parking swap, take back parking spaces, widen the sidewalks in some spots and place some bike parking amenities wherever plausible.

Currently NYC's first stab at this going on in Brooklyn at Bedford Avenue. See streetsblog story here:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/12/22/small-step-for-pedestrians-giant-leap-for-nyc/

By: Jean-Claude Kaufmann

Jean-Claude Kaufmann — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:06:07 +0000

Sure lets put a 3'x6' box on every corner in Manhattan so that pedestrians will not be able to cross streets or move around. For those of you not totally blind , you may have notice that the density of Oakland pedestrian traffic and the availability of open space are not hallmarks of Manhattan. Even in Brooklyn and the Bronx the sidewalks are not wide enough to accommodate these boxes. What are your editors thinking? So where exactly would you put these bike stalls in Manhattan?

By: Fry2k

Fry2k — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:28:48 +0000

i wish these bike lockers in my town

By: Smudgemo

Smudgemo — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:28:03 +0000

I should note that today there were probably 4-5 bikes locked up when I left work. Perhaps they were noticed during BTW day? Now I might be less inclined to use them if my building's rack isn't full. I'd hate to ace someone out of a spot that I really didn't need.

By: Smudgemo

Smudgemo — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:55:47 +0000

I can look out my office window and see the Oakland bike locker right now. Strangely enough I only saw one bike in the whole structure on bike to work day last week. I have a rack in my building, but I'd consider using the lockers were it to fill up regularly or I just wanted to waste less time in the elevator to drop off my bike or go get it.

I still worry about theft and would feel a lot better if there were anything inside to lock to. I'm sure that is overkill and silly, but I really like my bike and fret over theft. Thanks for highlighting the stuff going on here in Berkeley and Oakland, and how good we've got it compared to so many other places.

By: Clarence

Clarence — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:27:13 +0000

Just a quick post to let folks know there is lots of discussion going on about this post over on Streetsblog:
http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/14/streetfilms-bike-parking-for-just-pennies-per-hour/

By: Stephen Rees

Stephen Rees — Sat, 12 May 2007 18:40:22 +0000

This neat idea is really one of those slap your head, why didn't I think of that [...]

By: Robert Raburn

Robert Raburn — Sat, 12 May 2007 00:21:26 +0000

Splendid video! BART intends to install 200 by November and Oakland
will soon open new elockers near the 20th and Broadway BART entrance. The East Bay Bicycle Coalition is advocating for additional installations. We want eLockers at all transit hubs and major destinations. Given the recent Macarthur Maze Collapse adding to the bike-transit passenger volume--filling available bike racks--we could really use more eLockers now!

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 11 May 2007 23:05:09 +0000

wow, what a fantastic system! it would be amazing to have that in NYC. maybe the inevitable critics of its cheapness would be satisfied if the price were based on a fraction of the parking meter prices...