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AusTexMurf

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From: South Austin

Registered: 2008-11-21

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Portland swapped 163 on-street car parking spaces for 1,644 bike spots

http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/portlan … video.html

Milestone: 100 bike parking corrals and they can't keep up with demand

The city of Portland, Oregon, has reached the impressive milestone of 100 bike corrals. That's 9 years after the first one was installed, and the city expects to reach 150 within 5 years and has 98 additional applications under review. As far as I know, that's a lot more than any other city in the US, though I hope that others will give Portland some competition.
All cities need these

Why are bike corrals so great? Because in a dense urban environment, the are very space-efficient; where 1 or 2 cars could park, dozens of bikes might fit...

Last edited by AusTexMurf (2013-10-30 23:51:44)

AusTexMurf

Member

From: South Austin

Registered: 2008-11-21

Posts: 439

Re: Portland swapped 163 on-street car parking spaces for 1,644 bike spots

These certainly would be nice for the businesses on Guadalupe and other dense areas of town.
You can actually see the store fronts instead of parked SUV's.