Cool Outdoor Bike Rack for Building?

[mstone]

http://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/32360?a=339600

[chris_s]

Arlington has a GREAT guide to Bike Parking. The clearances are almost more important than the rack. So many perfectly good racks are installed wrong and become next to useless.

http://www.commuterpage.com/tasks/sites/cp/assets/File/Arlington_Bicycle_Parking.pdf

[consularrider]

Just a quick google seach for a bike shaped bike rack. If the racks will take away a car parking space I really like these car shaped racks (I think it was in a earlier thread).

[paulg]

Thanks very much to everyone for the links and advice. Much appreciated. I have some good stuff to go on now.

Paul

[dasgeh]

More options… http://www.theparkcatalog.com/bike-racks/custom-bike-racks

[rcannon100]

The industry standard:

Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals Bicycle Parking Guidelines, 2nd Edition (2010)

From the Introduction to the Executive Summary:
Bicycle Parking Guidelines, 2nd Edition: A set of recommendations from the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals is a tool for sustainable transportation. Bicycle parking is a critical strategy for promoting bicycling for transportation and recreation. Convenient, easily used, and secure bicycle parking encourages people to replace some of their car trips with bicycle trips and helps legitimize cycling as a transportation mode by providing parking opportunities equal to motorized modes. APBP encourages communities and professionals to use this document to make informed decisions about planning excellent spaces and facilities for people to park bicycles.

In the spring of 2002, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals published Bicycle Parking Guidelines, a basic guide to the selection and placement of bicycle racks specifically for short-term parking. Since then, the rapid growth of bicycling, particularly in urban areas, has led to many innovations in the field of bicycle parking. This second edition of Bicycle Parking Guidelines updates the original guide and adds material on long-term and sheltered parking, as well as event parking, in-street bicycle parking, and bicycle transit centers. The new edition is now a comprehensive resource for practitioners and includes (highlighted items are new to the second edition):

• General bicycle parking principles and definitions of bicycle parking terms

• Guidance for both short- and long-term bicycle parking

• Elements of a good rack or locker, including specific performance criteria

• Maintenance best practices

• Sample site plans and diagrams to help avoid blunders in rack and locker placement

• Sample quantity requirements for bicycle parking to meet need by land use

• A worksheet for programming bicycle parking for a building or cluster of buildings

• Abundant images and charts to illustrate concepts and conditions

APBP’s 2002 document has been cited and included in many bicycle plans. This edition, Bicycle Parking Guidelines, 2nd edition, is appropriate for adoption by local agencies as official bicycle parking policy.

[paulg]

Again thanks for all the advice on this.

I thought others might be interested in this rack that I found:

http://www.parkabike.com/ecoflex-sustainable-bike-rack#New+EcoFlex+Bike+Rack

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It’s made out of reused cable from the San Francisco cable car system, according to the video at the link.

Only trouble is they aren’t available until 2015. Shame.

We went with posts with the round circles with a bike inside and sent the architect the layout page from the Arlington County bike parking guidelines.

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