Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Parking

DC Could Mandate Bike Parking, Sort Of

By Brad Aaron | Sep 17, 2007 | 9 Comments

While New York continues its on-again, off-again relationship with cyclists, Washington, DC is on the verge of requiring bike parking for commercial and residential development. Examiner.com has the story: The D.C. Council next week is expected to adopt legislation that could dramatically increase the number of parking spaces for bicyclists, a bill praised by the […]

D.C. to Establish Bike Parking Requirements

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 14, 2007 | 3 Comments

A Washington D.C. city council member has proposed legislation that would establish bike parking requirements for residential and commercial buildings. The Washington Examiner reports: The measure mandates that all apartment buildings with more than eight units provide one bicycle parking space for every four residential units, demands that commercial landlords deliver enough bicycle parking to […]

Meeting Tonight: Help Get More Bike Parking for SoHo

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 11, 2007 | No Comments

Bicycling advocates: On the agenda of this evening’s Manhattan Community Board 2 transportation committee meeting is a plan to expand bike parking in SoHo. It would be very helpful to have a handful of people who live, work and visit SoHo on hand to make sure the committee knows how important parking is for bicyclists. […]

City Still Sending Mixed Signals on Bike Parking

By Jason Varone | Aug 16, 2007 | 1 Comment

A tipster sent us these photos of the City’s new indoor bicycle parking facility at 280 Broadway. A couple of months ago cyclists who work for the City suddenly found themselves and their bikes turned away from their office buildings, leaving few options aside from locking up to street signs and unprotected outdoor racks. This […]

City Building Opens New Indoor Bike Parking Facility

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 7, 2007 | 15 Comments

The city bureaucracy got it a little bit backwards, cracking down on bike commuting employees before actually offering them a new place to park their wheels. But this e-mail sent this morning to Dept. of Health employees working at 280 Broadway seems like a step in the right direction. From: Dept. of Health AnnouncementsSent: Tuesday, […]

City Backpedals, Says it is Now Making Space for Employee Bikes

By Brad Aaron | Aug 1, 2007 | 4 Comments

Outdoor bike parking at 100 Gold Street The stories are similar. Bike-commuting city employees ride to work, same as any other day. But when they get to their buildings they’re told they can’t come in — not with their bicycles, at least — forcing them to leave the bikes outside, in many cases unguarded against […]

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