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Short North Gears Up for 41 Bike Parking Posts
Local Organizations Collaborate on Parking Issues While Promoting Fitness and Supporting the Environment
The Short North Foundation is excited to have assisted in the purchase and installation of 41 bicycle bollards in the Short North Neighborhoods and Arts District along North High Street.
As part of this endeavor, six bike bollards were installed in the city parking lot at 709 North High Street, 12 are scattered along High Street in the Short North, and 19 will soon be placed in various areas of Goodale Park. Four will be positioned in the new Italian Village Park.
“Several civic organizations came together to make this happen,” said Stephen Weed, president of the Short North Foundation. “Thanks to rising gas prices and the notion to ‘go green,’ biking is more popular than ever. It’s crucial that we all work together to accommodate more cyclists and advance our neighborhood in the best way possible.”
Spearheading the project are the Short North Special Improvement District (SID), directed by Tim Wagner, and the Bicycle Bollards for Goodale Park Ad Hoc Committee, chaired by Sabrina Bobrow from Westminster-Thurber Community.
Funding for the bollards in the Arts District along North High Street was provided by the Short North Special Improvement District ($1,650) and the Heffner Short North Neighborhood Endowment ($1,250).
Funding for the Goodale Park bollards (a $6,000 project overall) was provided by the Community Festival Grants Committee, the Victorian Village Society, and the Heffner Short North Neighborhood Endowment ($2,500).
Funding for four bollards in the new Italian Village Park, located off Hubbard Avenue, was provided by the Italian Village Society, the Johnstone Short North Neighborhood Endowment at the Columbus Foundation, and the Short North Foundation.
The galvanized black bollards are being manufactured locally by Fortin Ironworks and will require minimal maintenance. Each post parks two bikes.
“Finally, bike riders in the Short North have something designed specifically for them,” said Sabrina Bobrow. “We hope that these bollards encourage people to drive less and pedal more.”
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those remind me of hitching posts for horses.
& I likes em! :D
Best news I’ve heard all day!
I hope they put some in front of Surly Girl so I don’t have to park on the trash receptacle anymore…that may be too ‘long north’ for this project, though. Are they taking suggestions?
This is such a fantastic collaborative project. THANKS to all who got it done!
Now everyone can BIKE TO GALLERY HOP FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!!!!
sweet.
I like those and I also like the bicycle art one in Bexley.
Thanks for the positive response! On behalf of the Short North Foundation, we’ve been so excited about this project. A lot of people came together to make it happen.
I don’t believe the posts are coming that far north up high st. This was discussed a month or two ago in the SNBA meeting. I can’t remember offhand the exact details, but the posts around high were going to be installed on side streets, and not on high st. directly, if my fuzzy memory serves. There also weren’t that many side streets involved in the project around high itself, but the ones that were are down at the south end.
This is such a fantastic collaborative project. THANKS to all who got it done!
Now everyone can BIKE TO GALLERY HOP FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!!!!
This is fantastic news. I was happy when I first heard about it a few months ago and couldn’t believe it the other day that I already saw them being put in. I think this is going to be a great thing for the district. And gallery hop and any other time people complain about parking down here, this should certainly help out a lot. Thanks a lot to whoever made this happen.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me too, but I think that’s the only one on Main. Too bad there aren’t more sprinkled around there.
yea! something i can attach my u lock to and it’s not a trash can. i actually like that they aren’t on high st. i saw a bike in the gateway district that was locked to an overflowing bike rack get it’s front wheel rammed by a bus.
This is such a fantastic collaborative project. THANKS to all who got it done!
Now everyone can BIKE TO GALLERY HOP FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!!!!
It would be nice if a couple of these were put in our area. There are some who bike to Monkey’s Retreat and chain their bike to the tree out front.
Yes!
I am always afraid when locking to a trash can that some dude will toss his half drank smoothie toward the trash but miss and have it land on my bike and spill all over the seat and moving parts on a hot sticky August day with flies and maggots and bees and wasps and my bike will be all smelly and gooey and messy.
Just an imagined scenario…
when are they going to add parking space for my bike?
ill just have to keep parking between cars or on the sidewalk :roll:
…exciting news, and so attractive!! finally, city bikers get a coo for 2008!
Hold on, what is the Short North Neighborhood Foundation exactly? I haven’t heard of them til now. Are they like the German village Society or Olde Towne East Neighborhood Association? If so, they need to get some bike racks up too.
I am always afraid when locking to a trash can that some dude will toss his half drank smoothie toward the trash but miss and have it land on my bike and spill all over the seat and moving parts on a hot sticky August day with flies and maggots and bees and wasps and my bike will be all smelly and gooey and messy.
Just an imagined scenario…
Imagined scenario or worst nightmare??
I believe the Short North Foundation is the new name for the Short North Neighborhood Foundation.
I believe the Short North Foundation is the new name for the Short North Neighborhood Foundation.
Do they work in conjuction with SNBA at all? I have only been a member of SNBA since July, so I am not sure I have ever heard their name mentioned.
I will defer the explanation about what the SNF does, etc, to Dragona, who is a far more capable representative than myself.
I would also like to echo captain janks’ sentiments concerning the need for dedicated motorcycle parking, although I suppose this thread is not the appropriate place for it.
so yeah! permanent shit to chain your bike to! good times.