Seems to me the Mpls Planning Commission could look at incorporating the request for bike racks when projects come before us. After all the hours we spent on Target and/or Block E or on the new Guthrie - seems the least we can do is say, " and how many bike racks do you plan to install?" Seems pretty basic to me. Guess I will just start asking and see where it goes. If we ask it over and over on each project maybe these developers will get to realize it is a normal addition to a project. For the moment, Annie Young (today from Trempealeau, Wisconsin)
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Bike racks. > > The unfortunate reality is that the installation of bicycle racks is at the > discretion of the owner and the designer of new projects. I worked on the > Uptown Transit Station, and we installed bicycle racks because the client, > Metro Transit, specifically requested them. The city code does not require > them. It seems to me that if we are required to allot a set number of > parking spaces for a business, the city could also put a requirement for a > minimum number of bicycle rack spaces into code as well. Perhaps this is > something we could bring up with city planning? > > Construction budgets are most often tight. Bike racks, particularly some of > the nicer stylized types, can be pricy (we're talking somewhere around $1000 > or more for about 8 or 9 bike slots properly installed on a concrete pad). > If the racks are not required or requested by the intended users, it won't > happen. > > Melissa Wyatt > Uptown > _______________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
