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BIKE PARKING

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SOME BICYCLE PARKING BASICS

• To meet Australian Standards, a parking rail must allow the wheels and frame to be locked to the rack. The old style "toaster" racks where you jam your front wheel in do not meet Australian Standards and should not be used. They often result in bent wheels and stolen frames.

• Three classes of bicycle parking are described in Austroads Part14 (see below). Class 1 is high security, such as enclosed individual lockers suitable for stations. Class 2 is medium security such as locked cages with internal rails for schools or workplaces. Class 3 is low security facilities which allow the wheel and frame to be locked such as bicycle parking rails ("Sheffield Loops") at shops.

• Bicycle parking facilities must be secure enough or people won't use them. Security can be improved by choice of location. Examples are: near a busy pedestrian/traffic area; within view of a cafe/shop window; infront of the ticket office window at the station; near the car park attendant window; or under a surveillance camera.

• If the bicycle parking is a long way from the entrance, down too many flights of stairs, or too inconvenient, it won't get used. See this picture of the Opera House bike parking, hidden from the entrance, and not at all used on a busy day.

• Remember most bicycles are stolen from home, so avoid leaving your bike unlocked in your yard or garage.

• The Cora site also suggests what to look for and what to avoid.

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ON-STREET BICYCLE PARKING

• Cora make good quality "Expo" racks that hold 5, 7, or ten bikes. Suitable for on-street, shopping centres and schools.

• Leda Security Products (phone 02 9737 8730) are the other major manufacturer of bicycle parking facilities, including rails.

• Australian Streetscape also manufacture bike racks, but they don't appear to meet Australian Standards and so are not recommended.

• You may have noticed that in Sydney City, an increasing number of "Smart Poles" make it impossible to use a D-lock. BikEast has worked with the City Council to develop a special Smart Pole Ring. This pdf (.6Mb) shows what it looks like and how it works. They have been installed throughout the CBD. See map below and the CoS bike parking page.

• On-street parking, European style. First, in Brussels where bike parking, protected by bollards, displaces car parking. Second, bike parking areas like this are all over Amsterdam. Third, temporary bike parking outside the Paris Town Hall, for an event.

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INNOVATIVE AND HIGH MASS ON-STREET BICYCLE PARKING

• See this amazing European secure outdoor bicycle storage design - the Bike Tree. It has a small footprint, is solar powered and uses smart card technology, storing bikes high in a transparent "tree".

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MASS PARKING AT TRANSPORT INTERCHANGES

• Bicycle NSW locker program provides secure bicycle lockers for rent at some stations and ferry wharves around Sydney.

• Leda Security Products (phone 02 9737 8730) manufacture bicycle parking compounds and locker complexes.

• European style mass bike parking at Amsterdam Central Station. The photos show (1) the multi-storey parking lot, looking towards the station. From the station (2) you can see there is more open parking on this side and, on the right (blue sign), you can see a guarded parking station for which you pay a small fee. (3) shows the inside.

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BICYCLE PARKING FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

• As well as Cora "Expo" racks for 5, 7, or ten bikes, suitable for visitor parking or resident/commuter parking inside a car park or loading bay, Cora also make the Vertigo design for vertical bike storage inside a bike room, bike cage or car park.

• Leda Security Products (phone 02 9737 8730) manufacture bicycle parking compounds and locker complexes.

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HOME BICYCLE PARKING OPTIONS

• KwikKlamp is a neat little clamp, screwed into the wall of your room or garage, to hold bikes horizontally or vertically. Fat tyre & thin tyre models. (Declaration of interest: I have two in my living room)

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AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ON BICYCLE PARKING

• Two very useful NSW Government information sources on bicycle parking are the RTA "NSW Bicycle Guidelines" Chapter 11 (.5Mb pdf) and the DIPNR "Planning Guidelines for Walking and Cycling" section 7.6 (2nd half of this 1Mb pdf). Both are packed with useful information and are highly recommended reading. The latter includes a chart with suggested bicycle parking provision rates for different land uses (residential, retail and commercial). For the full RTA NSW Bicycle Manual 8.9Mb pdf file, 92 pages.

• If you're hungry for more technical detail, Austroads Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice Part 14 - Bicycles is the guide all Council and road authority traffic engineers use to design bicycle facilities. The tenth chapter is "End of Trip Facilities" and gives useful information about the provision of parking, showers and lockers. To get hold of Chapter 10 of Part 14, you can buy it from Austroads for $66. Or you can buy a discounted copy from BicycleNSW by calling 9281 4099. Or, you could go to the State Library and photocopy the chapter there, in the public interest.

• Australian Standard AS 2890.3 contains information on bicycle parking, some of which is reproduced in Part14. Australian Standards can be electronically accessed and printed at the State Library.

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CITY OF SYDNEY BICYCLE PARKING LOCATIONS

• Map of smart pole parking stands around the Sydney Central Business District.

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT INTERCHANGES - SYDNEY

ASHFIELD STATION

• Racks both entrances, lifts both entrances.

SUMMER HILL STATION

• Racks both entrances, undercover on northern side. Lift on north side.

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CULTURE AND RECREATION DESTINATIONS - SYDNEY

ENTERTAINMENT PRECINCT - (FOX STUDIOS)

• Open air, but well located and next to amenties.

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE - (BENNELONG POINT)

• Open air and undercover.

HICKSON ROAD - (WALSH BAY)

• There are smart pole rings the length of Hickson Road as well as the racks shown here.

BORGIA CENTRE - (SOUTH MARRICKVILLE)

• Racks front and back...

BRIGHTON BEACH

• I love to be beside the seaside...

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RETAIL DESTINATIONS - SYDNEY

BROADWAY SHOPPING CENTRE

• The rack on Bay St is overused while there are many bike parking locations within the parking station itself.

BIRKINHEAD POINT

• Not as extensive as Broadway but visible from the street and undercover at entry points to the carpark.

SUMMER HILL

• Like NSW roads... you build it - they will come.

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ABANDONED BIKES OF NEW YORK

• American pathos.

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