Bike Parking

The Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO) is sponsoring four important webinars on bicycle parking.  All sessions will be held at WILMAPCO (850 Library Street, Newark) and are free and open to the public: • #1: The Basics of Bicycle Parking Wednesday, February 27 | 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. • #2: Municipal Bicycle Parking Programs Wednesday, February 27 | [...]

It’s a place thousands of miles away with its own language, culture, history and traditions, so we try hard to not sound like a broken record always going on and on about the Netherlands. But for anyone, including us, who thinks bicycling is cool, the Netherlands is a model and an inspiration. A few months [...]

Sometimes bikers have to improvise where to leave their bikes, but many common bike racks may be worse than nothing. How many bikes really fit on that rack? From GreenSpec — Biking cross-country from San Francisco to Boston with a friend in 2010, I saw few showers, and had even fewer shaves. As we paused [...]

Cross-posted from Bike Portland | Does your mode of transportation have any relationship to how much you spend at restaurants and bars? That’s the question researchers at Portland State University set out to answer when they embarked on a study last year. I spoke with lead researcher Kelly Clifton at the outset of this project [...]

From the Cape Gazette – Rehoboth Beach — Improvement or eyesore? New bike parking stations at Baltimore Avenue and First Street in Rehoboth Beach are supposed to be an improvement, but adjacent business owners are crying foul. The stations are rectangular, with flower boxes forming a border defining the edges of the parking area.  Richard [...]

Cross posted from grist. Re-posted from April 11, 2011. By Elly Blue – Bicycling and driving have one thing in common that is almost universally frustrating, time consuming, friction causing, and potentially expensive. Parking. No matter how seamless your ride across town, no matter how well-timed the traffic lights or low-conflict the bike lanes, it’s [...]

  It is time for bike parking manufacturers to wake up, and STOP selling racks that can easily damage bicycles, even rendering them un-ridable by simply tipping them over. Most folks who buy these racks are non-cyclists who are fulfilling a requirement for bike parking, and lack the experience to know better. Saris, whose rack [...]

While out on Main Street in Newark the other day, we ran into Bob and his adorable daughter Ellie riding the family cargo bike. Note the Gates carbon drive with the Shimano Alfine’ 8 Speed Hub system. NICE. Unfortunately, Bob couldn’t park and join us for tea at Panera Bread, as the last meter was [...]

Webinar: In-Street Bicycle Parking What, When, Where and How Much? Wednesday, May 16, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. at WILMAPCO, 850 Library Ave., Suite 100, Newark, DE. Free and open to the public! Increasingly communities face the dilemma of bicycles and pedestrians competing for scarce sidewalk space. As pedestrian activity increases wider sidewalks are needed, [...]

Bicycle modeshare at 4.7% for both cities – By Angela Cunneely, Bike Delaware Membership director - Providing ample, convenient, comfortable and secure bicycle parking is an important part of serving those who currently use bicycles for transportation and encouraging future cyclists. Bicycle parking is an inexpensive and efficient means of increasing both public and private parking [...]

Heathhall, Scotland – A remorseful thief has returned a stolen bicycle to its owner along with an apology note and a chocolate bar near Dumfries. The purple ladies mountain bike was stolen from a communal hallway at Herries Court in Heathhall. It was taken sometime between 11.35pm on Sunday and 2.35pm the next day. The [...]

Bike Delaware members have reported seeing some additional bike parking being added along Newark’s Main Street. While anything at all is welcome by the bicycling community – ranked among the nation’s highest in modeshare at 4.7% (likely higher on Main Street) – it will take more than a few “yellow zone” tube racks, pictured above. [...]

By Angela Cunneely, Membership Director – On a recent cold early Sunday morning, I headed south to Milford to visit with Steve Curtis (above), President of Vintage Metalwork, Inc. I first met Steve at the Delaware Bike Summit in Lewes, where he had one of his brilliantly designed and beautiful bike racks on display. Steve [...]

How to NOT get your bike stolen – Part 2 Angela Cunneely checks out last year’s bumpercrop of bicycles parked in front of UD’s Green. The University and the City has begun using “Tube” racks over the dreaded “Wave” style, hence how neatly these bikes are lined up with each other. With this 2-touchpoint design [...]

This film is self-explanatory when it comes to the benefits of on-street bike parking. Not only does it provide equal level of service for bicyclists, but can also increase safety for pedestrians by putting bicycles on the street where they belong. Drivers also benefit from the increased visibility that comes with fewer cars parked near [...]

If Newark’s parking meters are truly worth $15,000 per year at $1.25 per hour, imagine what even half this amount ($3) could yield? Maybe actually $15,000, and a more equal level of service for foot/pedal traffic. The Boston Globe – The search for a parking space on the streets of downtown Boston can warp a [...]

A recent argument that was used against on-street bike parking on Newark’s Main Street was revenue. That each metered car parking space generates about $15,000 that the City relies on. The rates for parking downtown can be found on Newark’s website: Let’s crunch the numbers: 6 days per week @ 17 hours:  102 hours 1 [...]

Cross-posted from Bike Portland – A few years ago, I called a GPS bike tracker the “Holy Grail” of bike theft. If someone could just develop a discreet, affordable GPS device that would allow someone to track their bike after it was stolen, I thought, we would have a potent weapon against the scourge of [...]

Bicyclists in search of bike parking this holiday season found nothing to cheer about on Main Street in Newark. With the exception of a few shabby, widely dispersed bike racks, parking meters and trees are the first choice of Newark’s resident and student population who bike for transportation. The City is said to have 16 [...]

Cross-posted from the Santa Barbara Independent – Great article, including an analysis of the different lock types and qualities. By Howard Booth | I’ve only had one bike stolen. My fault – I didn’t lock it. Erika, a few months ago, wrote about her stolen bike and its happy ending. The only happy ending in [...]

By Amy Wilburn — Tired of congestion and the high cost of parking?  Do you work in Wilmington and wish that you could commute by bike?  Are you wondering where to find secure bike parking or how to get by without taking a shower?  Is inconvenience holding you back?  There’s a solution, and it’s just [...]

From our friends at Walk Bike Jersey Blog “Our streets are public spaces that belong to everyone, not just cars,” “Every Hoboken resident is a pedestrian, and more than ever, they are also riding bikes to get around. This expansion of our bicycle infrastructure demonstrates our strong commitment to making Hoboken more bike-friendly.”  ~ Mayor [...]

Park up to 10 instead of 1; a brilliant, yet difficult concept for our city leaders and merchants to grasp – By Treehugger – This hot pink bicycle stand occupies a space the size of one parking space and holds 10 bicycles. Originally commissioned by the London Festival of Architecture, the Car Bike Rack is [...]

By Stephen Curtis – I was recently told about a hapless cyclist in Dover, DE: A woman arrived at the Carroll’s Plaza Office of Social Services with her bicycle to apply for services. She came in the front lobby with her bike and was told that it was against policy to bring bicycles into the [...]

When will Newark figure this out? Excerpts posted in the Durango Herald ….. All this started as a pilot program in 2010. The first on-street rack was in front of Carver Brewing Co. That proved so successful that three more were added in June in front of Maria’s Bookshop, Mountain Bike Specialists and Gazpacho’s Cantina. [...]

It may just very well be. This beautiful installation was performed by Vintage Metalwork at the home of Bike Delaware’s Executive Director, James Wilson – masonry work included! Efforts to convince Newark’s Parking Committee that bikes also need accommodations on Main Street are ongoing, but the city seems more intent on increasing car traffic with [...]

“I spend $150 for groceries every two weeks, and this is what I get for bike parking” says Caroline Honse, above. Car-free for over 5 years, she continues faithfully shopping at the Chestnut Hill Shop Rite despite the atrocious bike parking conditions. “Non-drivers are routinely disenfranchised, and this case is a good example. Here we [...]

But What About Bike Parking? Much to the dismay of bicycle advocates, construction of additional motor vehicle parking is planned for 2012, aimed at drawing even more cars to an already loud and gridlocked Main Street. Plans call for a MorePark parking structure, at a cost: $3.4M, to be built on the lot north of Main Street [...]

Above: Beverly Suarez-Beard and Bike Delaware Membership Chair Angela Connolly enjoy parking their bikes in a beautiful Vintage Metalwork bike rack, manufactured right here in Milford, Delaware (gallery below) Vintage Metalwork applies a modular construction approach to bike parking equipment. A large number of different configurations are possible, meeting the varied constraints imposed by any [...]

Bicycle-Oriented Development A lot of folks have heard about “TOD” (“transit-oriented development“). Why can’t we have “BOD” (“bicycle-oriented development”) too? By Linda Baker Published September 20, 2011 in the New York Times PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland is nationally recognized as a leader in the movement to create bicycle-friendly cities. About 7 percent of commuters here [...]