lifeontwowheels
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Walker said: Have any of these things been built anywhere yet? If not, it sounds a little early to declare it a smashing success...
Did I say anything about success? I believe that my first comment was "hope this goes through and comes to fruition so we can see how it plays in the real world".
lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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surber17
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Pic of the one being installed on Front Street:
https://twitter.com/myurbanhood/status/244114426205204480/photo/1/large
NerosNeptune
Goodale Park
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These are a different style than the others.. does anyone know if these are cheaper?
Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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NerosNeptune said:
These are a different style than the others.. does anyone know if these are cheaper?
Not sure of the individual cost, but they're part of a $450,000 infrastructure installation paid for by Capital Crossroads, SID:
http://www.columbusunderground.com/more-bike-shelters-coming-soon-to-downtown
These aren't being paid for directly by The City of Columbus like the others are.
hugh59
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I noticed some new bike racks on Broad Street on the north side between High and 3rd Street. No one is using them yet. I might lock my bike up there; the only down side is that they get absolutely no shade at all...my bike will fry in the sun.
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New Bike Shelters Installed Downtown
Published on October 12, 2012 10:00 am
By: Walker
Downtown is gaining approximately 325 new bike parking spaces Downtown as the installation of six bike shelters, bike lockers, indoor bike parking rooms and 70 bike racks is completed. The project was made possible through a federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant awarded to the city of Columbus through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The project is being executed through a partnership between the City of Columbus and Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District.
READ MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-bike-shelters-installed-downtown
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BICYCLE FACILITIES INSTALLED!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 8:50PM
Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District (SID) has contracted with the City of Columbus to administer a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to create 294 bicycle parking facilities within the SID boundaries in downtown Columbus, by the end of 2013. The SID received the grant as part of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to promote bike commuting. The downtown improvements are well underway. Installation is complete for several facilities!
READ MORE: http://www.mkskstudios.com/news/2012/10/9/bicycle-facilities-installed.html
columbusmike
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Awesome, these lockers look really nice compared with most I've seen.
hugh59
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I have been using the new bike shelter at Broad and Third. It is a bit of a challenge; the "posts" are square shaped and thicker than the round "loops" I had been using. It is a challenge to get my bike tied up.
I see construction at Lynn and High; are they building bike lockers or a shelter there? I wonder what the charge will be to use the lockers.
OMG! The photo of the bike shelter at Broad and Third above is the one I am using. I had to do a double take at the one bike parked there...it is not mine. I alternate between tying my bike up there and tying it up at a loop in front of Due Amici.
JB05
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I wonder if a city zoning ordinance within the parking regulations wouldn't be a more systematic way to promote bicycle parking. Whenever a new lot is constructed, it could be enacted that a certain % of the capacity must be used for bicycle parking. It wouldn't be particularly burdensome.. Those upside-down loops are relatively cheap at $150-$300 each, and I understand the city will even install some free racks at the owner's request.
I agree that these downtown projects are great.. but not everyone lives or works downtown. I personally go down there maybe 5-6 times per year. Meanwhile, the only permanent bike parking in my neighborhood is (oddly enough) a single bike loop at a newly constructed gas station...
goldenidea
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Does anyone know the firm(s) that the city hired to manufacture and install these shelters? Especially the earliest ones that were installed first (e.g. the one on High St. across from OSU campus)? If you have that info or know who at the city I should contact to get it, I'd appreciate you posting that info here or PMing me.
TiA.
Graybeak
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JB05 said:
I wonder if a city zoning ordinance within the parking regulations wouldn't be a more systematic way to promote bicycle parking. Whenever a new lot is constructed, it could be enacted that a certain % of the capacity must be used for bicycle parking. It wouldn't be particularly burdensome.. Those upside-down loops are relatively cheap at $150-$300 each, and I understand the city will even install some free racks at the owner's request.
Would the owners of those parking lots then get to charge the bicycle riders for parking? Because the majority of places downtown are not letting cars park for free. And if someone can get 65-150 per month for a monthly parking spot. or whatever obnoxious daily rate, I don't see them giving that space away for free.
Most places that have enough land for free parking often do offer some sort of bicycle parking, assuming they are looking for that clientele. I mean, there have been countless other threads and posts about what types of businesses can be accessed by cyclists, don't need to go into that now.
lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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^ would the new lots be paid or free? I can't recall the last time we had a new lot built that wasn't part of a new development build out- and those often make parking free to customers/staff. Built right, you could fit 20-30 bikes in 1-2 car spaces. Arguably providing free bike parking in a pay lot could attract infrequent users (daily rate payers) and open more opportunities to capture monthly rate payers.
TomOver
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Walker said:
Lots of people using the bike shelters today that I've spotted. I guess 60 degree is a good temperature for bike commuting in November. ;)
A broad range of temperatures and a variety of other weather conditions make for doable, if not always enjoyable bicycle commuting, for more people than we think.
If one lives within Central Columbus or some of its suburbs, there is little or no risk of hypothermia or frostbite.
Even for a late nite/early morning commuter such as a bartender or server or someone working 3rd shift, there are gas stations, grocery stores, convenience stores and some eateries open 24/7 where a cyclist can warm up or change a flat tire.
Concerns about sun damaging the paint job of a bike or about getting rained on or about getting too sweaty before work seem a loss of perspective given how cycling is part of solutions when it comes to our poor air quality in Columbus, climate change, obesity, and peak oil.
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