Bicycle Parking Guidelines: Bicycle Parking An APBP Webinar Series Phil Miller, APBP Scott Cohen, City of Portland, OR David Louzenheiser, Massachusetts Area Regional Councl Winter 2013 APBP Bicycle Parking Webinar Series Municipal Bike Parking Programs | 2-27-2013 1 of 55
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Bicycle Parking Guidelines:Bicycle Parking
An APBP Webinar Series
Phil Miller, APBPScott Cohen, City of Portland, OR
David Louzenheiser,Massachusetts Area Regional Councl
Winter 2013
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City and local programs
• Where many cities start formal bicycle programming
• High symbolic and functional value
• Flexible and economical program
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Today• We’ll look at
programs in Boston and Portland
• Review sidewalk and bike corral designs
• Codes and policies
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Best Practices - Boston
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Sidewalk parking principles
• Where most cities begin their parking programs
• Wide variety of approaches• Generally considered cost-effective
starting point
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Short-term rack layout – Min. 10’ sidewalk width
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Short-term rack layout –Sidewalk 10’ + width
• Locate in furniture / landscape zone• Align racks to not interfere with
parked car doors• Align parallel to street in constrained
areas
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• Distance from racks to curb: 3’• Spacing between racks: 4’ (3’minimum)• Distance to street furniture and obstructions: 4’
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San Luis Obispo, California
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San Francisco, CAPublic Library Main Branch
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Warrington, UK
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Brussels, Belgium
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Copenhagen
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Implementation -making it happen
• Adopt design guidelines (Best Practices)• Create city policies (maintenance and liability)• Business community outreach - identify locations• Identify funding• Carefully choose pilot locations which will
succeed
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Implementation –making it happen
• Document success/failure– Getting used? How much? (bike counts)– Survey cyclists– Survey patrons of business district– Survey business owners
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Next up in series:
March 13 - Transit Systems
April 10 - Colleges and Employment Centers
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