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Bicycle Parking Best Practices

Bicycle Parking Best Practices. Lane Transit District | point2point solutions. Bicycle Parking. General Principles Bicycle Parking Materials & Hardware Rack Types: Recommended Acceptable No Longer Recommended. General Principles. Location. Convenient Location to Destination

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Bicycle Parking Best Practices

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  1. Bicycle Parking Best Practices Lane Transit District | point2point solutions

  2. Bicycle Parking • General Principles • Bicycle Parking Materials & Hardware • Rack Types: • Recommended • Acceptable • No Longer Recommended

  3. General Principles

  4. Location • Convenient Location to Destination • Visible from the front door or transit stop • Along logical path to front door • Ramp provided if grade separation • Maneuvering room for peds & bikes – 3 feet min

  5. Example – Not Recommended

  6. Connectivity to Transit

  7. Accommodations - “Big Bikes”

  8. Recommended Rack Types • Features should include: • Supports the bicycle frame in at least two places • Allows U-lock use w/ frame & wheel(s) • Is securely anchored to ground • Resists cutting, rusting and bending or deformation • Works with a wide variety of frame types

  9. Bicycle Parking Materialsand Hardware

  10. Materials • Rack made of strong material • Coated/finished steel resists rusting • No rack can be completely resistant to cutting Rectangular shape is more difficult to cut than a circular shaped cross section

  11. Hardware • Rack Mounting: • Tamper-resistant hardware OR • Embedded in concrete * Source: dero.com * Source: dero.com Tamper-resistant fasteners Non-tamper resistant nuts are not recommended Embedded in concrete

  12. RECOMMENDED RACKS

  13. Art Rack

  14. Art Rack

  15. Hoop & Post

  16. Staple or Inverted U

  17. Wall Hanging

  18. Double-Decker

  19. Rain Shelter

  20. Bike Locker

  21. NO LONGER RECOMMENDED • Coat Hanger – Not easy to use for all types of bikes.

  22. Toaster – Allows 2 points of contact, but spacing is very close. Not good for bikes with baskets/racks.

  23. Comb Only supports bike by wheel and does not allow for easy locking by U-lock • Wheel Bender Only supports bike by wheel and does not allow for easy locking by U-lock

  24. Wave Rack Does not provide 2 points of contact and bikes tangle when rack is fully loaded. • Clam Shell Takes up large amount of space for each bike and only works with limited frame types

  25. Bicycle Parking Guidelines, 2nd Edition Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) www.apbp.org Recommended Resource

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