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On-street bike parking on 12th Avenue
If you travel by bike to get to your favorite neighborhood cafe, store, or business district and parking is an issue, read on. SDOT’s Bike Program is looking to install more on-street bike parking for the cycling community. Three locations in the city are sporting new bike parking accommodations like the one above and your favorite location could be the next one. Have an idea for where the next parking rack should go? Let us know what you think by emailing bikeracks@seattle.gov.
On street bike parking supplements the regular bike racks that many city streets have. The new racks usually take the space of one car and can park between 8 and 14 bikes.
Finding a great bike parking space in Seattle is getting better.
Finding space in 12th Ave's bike parking rack
Posted: August 4th, 2009 under Bikes.
This is very useful idea. It is not only making safe the bike of the owner but encouraging others to use bike instead of driving a car. It contribute a huge in green living. Our country must copy this idea to.
Good job. I agree with you.
[...] SDOT wants to know where on-street bike parking is needed around the city. So go ahead and send them your suggestions! Email requests to bikeracks@seattle.gov. [...]
Great news! I’ll mail my bike parking requests to the address you posted. Definitely looking forward to more on-street bike parking around the city!
I love the corral in front of Stumptown on 12th.
Is the new parking going to be similar to the corral on 12th? Or is it going to look like the eyesores on Broadway and in Greenlake?
I blogged about the parking back in March:
http://carfreedays.com/2009/03/26/tour-de-seattles-on-street-bike-parking/
I’m still wondering if those corrals are temporary. Are the car-shaped corrals still being made for those 2 locations?
And I second Ellen, the U district farmers market could probably use multiple on-street corrals – most people usually just give up and bring their bikes inside the fence on market day.
Anne,
The on-street facilities at Broadway Market will be replaced with a Dero bike rack similar to the one at 12th and Spring (outside Stumptown). Our intent is to replace the facility at Woodlawn Ave NE with a Dero rack as well, but we have a few more steps to go through before the change can be confirmed.
Happy parking!
Great, looking forward to using the new racks once they’re installed.
Whether on-street or not, more bike parking is needed in Pioneer Square/SoDo—especially since none of the sports teams offer the secure, monitored bike parking that you find in some other cities. When heading to a game, my friends and I try and lock up a few blocks north along 1st, 2nd, or 3rd—to save our rides from the drunken mob departing the stadiums—but racks are few and far between, and often full on game days.
Alaska Junction (then remove those sidewalk racks)
Morgan Junction (Again, remove the sidewalk racks)
Anywhere downtown on 1st ave (same thing, remove the sidewalk racks, so the crowds don’t have to keep dodging bikes.)
Pike Market…
In general, having bike parking on the street is much nicer for pedestrians and bikers. And, concentrating the bike parking “lot” outside a popular outdoor spot is more secure (or is it, I wonder?). Encourages walking and biking, no?
Thanks, SDOT.
Ditto on the Fremont PCC site; bike parking there is often full, even on a weekday, and it’s hard to fit in the sidewalk racks with a cargo trailer, which several cyclists use at that PCC in particular.
Also need much more bike parking by University Heights building–there are no bike parking spots within several blocks on University Farmer’s Market Days (Saturdays) or when there’s any kind of big event on the Ave.
Thanks for the suggestion Ellen. We will forward it our bike program team.
I think this is a great idea. The more the better. Put one outside of PCC in Fremont on 34th in between Fremont Ave and Evanston Ave.
Thanks for writing Luke. We are sending your suggestion to our Bike Program staff.
Westlake center park and surrounding area has very few bike racks. I rode around for blocks trying to find a rack, pole, or railing I could lock to. I finally had to boost it onto a garbage can.
Much of downtown is lacking in bike racks after all of the parking meters have been removed. Some neighborhoods have those add-on rings but it has not been enough to replace the removed poles.
Thanks for your suggestions Kevin. We are forwarding these to our Bike Program staff.
Downtown needs more bike racks. I’ve had trouble finding spots at the convention center and westlake center. They don’t like it when you lock up to the railings either.
Thanks for your suggestion Kai. We are forwarding it to our Bike Program staff.
Pike street between 10th and 11th. Then remove the racks that block the narrow sidewalk.
Somewhere near Rainier AVe in Columbia City. There are lots of cyclists going to the farmers mkt, the movies, the pizza parlor etc and not too many spots to lock up.
In front of Columbia City Bakery would make a perfect spot for additional on-street bike parking.