Planning Commission votes to roll back bike parking code to spur new housing
Commission recommended suspending, or striking altogether, several bike parking requirements adopted by City Council in 2019.
Bike Parking
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Correction and Update: A short take on big changes to city government
Portland is poised to roll back innovative housing regulations even as it moves closer to a more efficient governance structure.
Planning Commission set to weaken bike parking code next week
Housing and Transportation should be friends!
PBOT reveals potential bike parking code changes amid pressure to ease housing delays, costs
What cost will a major revision of bike parking requirements impose on housing — and on Portland’s long-term livability?
Guest opinion: Bike parking versus housing is a false choice
Parking is a fertility drug for cars. I’m convinced the same is true for cycling.
Comment of the Week: bike parking is about the future
A debate about how to balance future goals with current desires.
Commissioners probe bike parking code as possible rollbacks loom
The work session laid groundwork for upcoming council votes — and bike parking codes are on the chopping block.
Commissioner Rubio wants to cut bike parking requirements to boost housing production
Less bike parking, more (and cheaper) housing?
Developers say bike parking rules are biggest reason for housing delays
Is it really about bike racks?
Sorting out the family bike pile problem
Family Bike Parking Problem #1: The Bike Pile Does anyone else have a “bike pile” in the garage? My kids’ bikes, scooters, helmets, tricycles, and whatever else – jackets, nerf guns, jump ropes–always seem to end up in a giant heap, with the desired bicycle perpetually at the bottom of the pile. After months of … Read more
Bike Parking Review: Portland Community College Southeast Campus
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
PBOT pilot program adds secure bike parking for Hacienda CDC residents
The Portland Bureau of Transportation has partnered with Hacienda Community Development Corporation and Andando en Bicicletas y Caminando to build secure bike parking for residents at Hacienda affordable housing communities. As the Community Cycling Center discovered over a decade ago in their groundbreaking “Barriers to Bicycling” report, fear of bike theft ranks high as a … Read more