Javbw
> On Apr 28, 2017, at 10:42 PM, Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:
>
> Bicycle parking is different, its not an area
This is untrue. If you are thinking of the pipes or other lock points for 2-3
bikes you see scattered around a place with a few recreational bikers, yea.
That is a point.
But in places where there are several times more bicycles than cars, then
bicycle parking is much more than a point.
almost all bicycle parking I deal with (as I own and maintain 12 bikes here)
are almost always represented by area because they are huge and dominate
certain areas, especially near shops and stations.
Outside of bicycle parking in very urban areas (where there are 2 level bike
parking stands squashed up against apartment buildings) bicycle parking can be
entire buildings. And most stations offer bicycle parking whether it is a
provided amenity of the station or an off-site private parking spot. And they
are lots. Sometimes there are automated loops, sometimes old loops, but in more
rural places, it is just a square painted on the ground (5mx10m and you park
the bike there. There are also bicycle covers, schools and stations have 100
linear meters of bike parking, none of which has any place to lock a bike to.
My high school in the US had a 10mx10m bike parking area. My HS I work at has a
2 story, steel building just for students to park 400 bicycles. My middle
school has 50m of bike covers. All of them offer no "loops" locks, etc.
So almost all city bikes have ring locks that mount on the frame and lock
through the rear tire with a key. Most schools, shops, and other places do not
provide anything to anchor a bike to, besides the 1-2 bikes near a fence or
near a support pole for the roof.
I will link to a few points in google maps, but as I am on my phone, please
enter street view to see what I am talking about.
Dedicated urban bicycle parking with auto-locks
https://goo.gl/maps/Rzecq8tTfDm 20mx15m in front of a mall.
2 story building (White with glass windows) that is 100% bicycle parking.
https://goo.gl/maps/HhjpnGr1Bbv
Surface parking near a station
"Maebashiekimuryo Bicycle Parking"
https://goo.gl/maps/T82kvVM2aX72
Linear covered parking along a road. Note there is nothing to lock to. 100
bikes cram in there on the weekdays.
https://goo.gl/maps/sKcFszPrSLq
A high school's 2-story bicycle-only parking only building. The only access to
the second frloor is a ramp with stairs. This is not converted car parking, it
is purpose built, like many other multi-story bicycle parking structures often
found under railway viaducts. https://goo.gl/maps/aeYXpqYQwJ92
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