New Bike Assembly Station at Portland Airport
Traveling cyclists and airport employees get bike station type facilities to support their ride.
Springwise.com draws upon thousands of smart trend "spotters" to feed the site information on new green initiatives
July 29, 2010
Portland leads American cities in growing transportation cycling and has been an incubator of new and innovative treatments and programs to support cycling.
An airport assembly station for traveling cyclists is a new service for them and provides work stand, tools and local cycling information to help support Oregon's robust cycling tourism economy.
<Read More>Bicycles taking over parking spaces in Toronto
Car parking conversions pioneered in Victoria and Portland popping up in other cities.
The "Bike Corral" is taking over on-street vehicle parking spaces in numbers of downtowns and commercial areas across North America. Several years ago I saw seasonal use of spots in an Ottawa neighbourhood.
<Read More>Mandatory bike parking comes to North Van
Council endorses new bicycle parking and destination facility requirements for new developments
Many cities in North America have bicycle parking requirements in bylaws, ordinances, zoning codes, etc.
<Read More>Bicycle Parking as Public Art
Pittsburgh features unique and functional bike racks in their steet furniture designs
Bike Pittsburgh sent me news awhile back about their bike parking program. Executive Director Scott Bricker said that the Mayor's office was impressed with our work and our manual and wanted to point us to the newer bike racks the city is using to meet their growing cycling population. The design is unique, attractive and looks functional enough.
<Read More>Victoria Businesses Get on Board with Bike Parking
Downtown business in Victoria works with city and cyclists to open up new bike parking corrals for the city's Bike to Work Week in May
For the past few years discussions have been moving the bicycle "corral" idea forward in downtown Victoria. Two permanent installations have already been built in the city and are the subject of a case study on the site.
<Read More>Bike Station DC
August 2009 - New Bike Station service aims to supply secure parking in Washington, DC
Last year the Washington Post reported on the soon to be opened "Bike Station" in downtown D.C. The $4 million U.S. project was opened in October of 2009 and follows a model first developed in Long Beach, California where secure storage facilities, often along with other services like showers and change rooms, have been popping up in cities across the U.S.
<Read More>Bikes on the inside in New York
New York introduces legislation to force building owners and managers to let bicycles inside buildings
J. David Goodman reports on the challenges of the new legislation forcing building owners and managers to allow bikes into buildings in New York City, where bicycle use is growing but secure parking in short supply. The original story on the proposal follows while the link takes you to the latest news.
City Prepares for Law Allowing Bikes in Buildings - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
<Read More>New York City plans more bike racks
Old parking meters being recycled into bicycle racks in Manhattan
Last month New York City unveiled plans to convert numbers of parking meters into bicycle racks, attaching hoops to the old posts to give cyclists another option for parking in the Big Apple.
<Read More>New shelter product available
CycleSafe introduces new cost effective weather shelters for bike parking
CycleSafe, a leading manufacturer of bicycle lockers in the U.S. has introduced a new product line of off-the-shelf shelters for weather protecting bicycle parking installations. The new shelters are not elaborate but look to be adequate for weather protection at short-term bike parking installations.
<Read More>Putting the brakes on bike theft
Two new exhibitions at New London Architecture will launch a free online design resource, Bikeoff.org, featuring over a hundred case studies of cycling facilities and schemes from around the world, aimed at helping architects to "get smart quick" about bike theft and to design secure cycling infrastructure for our cities.
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