S.F. Giants: Valet Bike Parking 81 Games Per Year
Barry Bonds may almost have the home run record, but the San Francisco Giants have another milestone that is much more admirable: the first to have a free, convienent, attended bike parking service at all 81 of their home games.
As part of an arrangement with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, you can bicycle to a Giants game at AT&T Park, check your bike with up to 200+ other fans, and go catch America's pastime. Kash, Valet Bike Parking Coordinator for SFBC, runs the operation and gives us the scoop. As you'll see, fans overwhelmingly endorse it.
A regulation passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1999 states all events incurring a street closure require monitored bicycle parking if the event anticipates 2000 or more participants. This only makes sense in a city like New York, too. Why not encourage something like this at Madison Square Garden, Yankee or Shea Stadium? Or at the very least, some quality racks in a secure, protected location.
Now if they would just put a bike path over that bridge in the final shot of this excellent video!
I second what en says!
Valet bike parking seems like a no-brainer. With an initial investment into the facility and the equipment (racks, shelves, etc.), along with paying a worker, valet bike parking could be an integral part of the plan to reduce congestion.
Invest, New York! Invest!
I love in the first 5 seconds: “it’s not bicycle science.”
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I really enjoyed the filsm I watched. I commute part of the way to work, 15 miles each way. It's a lot of fun and it helps me corss train during the summer when it's too hot to run in the middle of the day. Thanks for the great work!!!
Great video! We're linking to it from BikeArlington.com.
we are to open a park@bike garage in Budapest Hungary soon
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