I would agree that racks are more important than lockers, but lockers are something else that needs to be considered - especially as a way to encourage bicycle commuting. It's also true that bike lockers are usually rented and, thus, at least partly pay for themselves.
Jim McGuire
Como
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)
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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
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