We don't need bike to work week

We need more bike parking for the people who already do ride. This morning was ridiculous. Took me literally half an hour to find bike parking centered on Clark and LaSalle. Why even put on bike to work week, or add all these new bike lanes into the city, when bike parking is so bad. Oh yeah, I forgot, bike parking doesn't make for a nice photo op for the mayor and Active trans...

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Permalink Reply by Charlie Short 11.5 on June 23, 2012 at 11:20pm

Your welcome Julie. I'm happy to help with clarifying things. We're just people too at CDOT, and I always appreciate it when folks give ideas. This thread has made me think about what I want personally from bike parking, and what my professional experience tells me can be done.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Stenzel on June 24, 2012 at 9:29am

Charlie, maybe you can request that bike racks be added to the list of menu items that aldermen have to choose from next year. For this year's menu funds, the aldermen were highly encouraged to choose items from this list, which had newly added items like protected bike lanes, buffered bike lanes, pedestrian refuge islands, in-road "stop for pedestrian signs", and more. It would be great to have bike racks added to the list of items for next year, maybe including bike corrals as well.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 24, 2012 at 12:38pm

+1

Michelle Stenzel said:

Charlie, maybe you can request that bike racks be added to the list of menu items that aldermen have to choose from next year. For this year's menu funds, the aldermen were highly encouraged to choose items from this list, which had newly added items like protected bike lanes, buffered bike lanes, pedestrian refuge islands, in-road "stop for pedestrian signs", and more. It would be great to have bike racks added to the list of items for next year, maybe including bike corrals as well.

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Permalink Reply by Charlie Short 11.5 on June 24, 2012 at 1:27pm

I'll mention that to the commissioner, and let's bring it up at the next MBAC meeting. It'll be awhile before that, so I'll bring it up.

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Permalink Reply by Jason W on June 26, 2012 at 9:57am

So federal plaza has been under construction for 2 years. Has CDOT or active trans lobbied for more bike parking when that gets done? It is right in the area I originally posted about (ridiculously congested), and has a lot of open space.