Bicycle Parking Design Introduction

There’s a lot that goes into the creation of a successful bicycle parking design. In this and the next couple of videos, we’ll share the knowledge that will help you create effective bike parking areas.

Designing Bicycle Parking

A good bicycle parking design is important. Without designated and organized bike parking, it is easy for problems to arise. These problems will also become much more apparent in more densely populated areas. 

A lack of quality bike parking options will lead to problems of clutter, damage to trees, street signs, site furnishings and other streetscapes.

This is because a cyclist will choose to lock up their bicycle to the “best option” available. Which usually ends up being one of these items.

Ultimately, the presence of secure and accessible bike parking will be the driving placemaking factor that influences the destination of a cyclist, because it offers the best solution to store their bicycle for the short term.

To turn your area into a magnet that attracts customers, tenants and the community to your doorstep. As well as fosters an active, bike-friendly community, make sure you are providing quality bike parking.

The Objective of Your Bicycle Parking Design

For good bike parking to be your result it’s important that throughout the designing, planning and execution stages to achieve your objective.

This should be to: easily allow cyclists to park their bikes, with a reasonable expectation of security and protection from damage – for the short term.

Which is typically less than two hours, on average.

To be successful in developing an effective bike parking solution, it will require proper infrastructure, as well as equipment, to create secure and convenient short-term storage of bikes.

In the next video we’ll dive into the details of site planning for bike parking that will include insights for evaluating your space and considerations to best develop the overall infrastructure.