Bicycle Blueprint - Chapter 12 Recommendations

Introduction

NYC Cycling
1. NYC Bike Policy
2. State of NYC Cycling
3. Cyclists & Streets
“A Bike and a Prayer”

Riding Infrastructure
4. Street Design
5. Bridges
6. Road Surfaces
7. Greenways
8. Parks
9. Bicycles and Transit
10. Reducing Traffic

Security
11. Bicycle Theft

On-Street Parking
13. Indoor Parking

On the Job Cycling
14. Bicycle Messengers
“Fifth, Park & Madison”
15. Freight Cycles
16. Gov't Cycling

Reducing Risks
17. Accidents
“Three Who Died”
18. Air Pollution

Bicycle Education
19. Schools
20. Public Education

Appendices

Chapter 12:
On-Street Bicycle Parking
a) The Need for Bicycle Parking Facilities
b) Different Types of Bicycle Parking
d) Bicycle Racks

Chapter 12 Recommendations

AGENCIES

NYC Dept. of Transportation

Cycling activist John Dowlin has installed over a hundred bike racks in Philadelphia. Unsnarling red tape could encourage similar action in New York.
Photo: Elizabeth Perry

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Streamline and publish the “sidewalk furniture” approval process for bike rack installers.

Stop issuing summonses and/or reduce fines for violating regulations governing installation of bike racks.

Finance and manage large-scale installation of bike racks, especially in the Manhattan Central Business District (below 60th Street), downtown Brooklyn, and busy borough retail areas such as Flushing and Fordham Road. Racks should include “Bike Parking” decals to exploit their positive symbolism.

Co-ordinate bike parking with traffic-calming measures; for example, install permanent bike parking sites at neckdowns (extensions of sidewalk into what is normally street space).

PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Install bicycle lockers and/or racks at all subway and commuter rail stations and ferry terminals (see Chapter 9: Bicycles and Transit).

PRIVATE SECTOR

Invite businesses to install outdoor bike racks as part of an aggressive public campaign to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution (see Chapter 18: Air Pollution).

Use standardized bicycle symbols directing cyclists to bike-parking sites, to maximize the racks' effectiveness and heighten public awareness.

a) The Need for Bicycle Parking Facilities
b) Different Types of Bicycle Parking
d) Bicycle Racks

Chapter 12 Recommendations