Municipal Bicycle Pump, Stockholm
A bike pump provided by the City of Stockholm.(Photo: Lindsey Maser)
Bike Parking
Welcome to our bike parking archive page. Browse posts below and click a headline for the full story. If you love bike parking, you might also be interested in our collection of bike parking photos.
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‘Hoop’ rack wins NYC design competition
The winning design in action.(Photo: NYC DOT) The New York City Department of Transportation has picked a winner in their City Bike Racks Competition. It’s an elegant and simple hoop design created by a team from Copenhagen (which is quite fitting). The NY Times City Room blog has the story: A simple circle, resting on … Read more
First look at another new on-street bike parking design from PDOT
New design utilizes metal posts (instead of flexible plastic bollards).(Photos © J. Maus) Continuing on their program to create more on-street bike parking facilities, the Maintenance Division of the City of Portland Office of Transportation began work today installing a new bike corral in North Portland. The location is the southwest corner of the intersection … Read more
Entrepreneur finds niche with temporary bike parking
BikeRackers in action.(Photos © J. Maus) If you think it’s hard to find a bike parking spot around town, try finding one at an event (especially if it’s bike-related). Last March, a local entrepreneur set out to solve that problem and so far his business has been “amazing”. Jeff Castro, a former product designer (with … Read more
Updated: More on bike parking from the other side of the hill
[View update at end of story.] (Photo from OregonLive.com) Portland’s new on-street bike parking corrals are the subject of an editorial in the Hillsboro Argus today (Hillsboro is about 17 miles west of Portland). In OK Bike Corral, Argus publisher Clark Gallagher shares concerns from delivery truck drivers about the new parking. Mr. Gallagher overheard … Read more
PDOT makes the case for new on-street bike parking
“On-street bicycle parking can provide many advantages… These advantages, which accrue to businesses and citizens, also support several city policies and objectives.”— from a PDOT press release Since some folks seem determined to find something negative about the new on-street bike parking facilities, I thought I would share the PDOT perspective. Yesterday afternoon they issued … Read more
KATU spins new bike parking into ‘bikes vs. cars’ issue
KATU-TV has a hot story; bikes should pay to park!(Screenshot from KATU-TV video). I was afraid this might happen. With today’s big rollout of the four new on-street bike parking corrals in downtown Portland, I wondered how the local media would handle the news. KATU-TV is one of the first bits of coverage I’ve seen … Read more
And then there were four; PDOT installs bike corrals downtown
“These corrals… are intended to serve the high volume of people arriving by bicycles at these locations.”— from a PDOT media advisory about new bike parking downtown The streetscape of downtown Portland has been forever altered. Thanks to four new on-street bike parking facilities (a.k.a. bike corrals), PDOT has hastened a shift in the balance … Read more
Press Release: PDOT to officially unveil new bike parking tomorrow
Here’s the press release from PDOT: Four new on-street bicycle parking locations unveiled on National PARK(ing) Day – September 19 (PORTLAND, OR) – The Portland Office of Transportation will be celebrating National PARK(ing) Day on Friday, September 19, with its four newest on-street bicycle parking facilities. National PARK(ing) Day is a nationwide event sponsored by … Read more
Photos of new on-street bike corral downtown
New on-street bike parking at SW 3rd and Pine.Slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus) As promised last week, PDOT is moving ahead quickly with their on-street bike parking program. The first of four bike corrals slated for downtown Portland has already been installed. The location is SW 3rd and Pine street in front of Stumptown Coffee … Read more
First look at new on-street bike parking
As promised last week, PDOT is working to install four new on-street bike parking corrals around downtown. Reader Austin Ramsland snapped a photo of the work-in-progress. The location of this corral is at SW 3rd and Pine (near Stumptown Coffee):
City to unveil four new “bike corrals” downtown
A PDOT concept drawing of new on-street bike corrals coming to downtown Portland by the end of this month.(Click to enlarge)