Plenty of other cities have bike parking ordinances, requiring
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>Subject: Re: [Mpls] Re: Bike Racks and Paths
>Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:14:58 -0600
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>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.
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> > 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?
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> > 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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