mississippi avenue news...
September 23,2008
On-Street Bike Parking in Downtown
by shooter
You may have seen them around town already, but if not, you will. PDOT has added four new bike "corrals" at popular destinations in downtown.
The new bike corrals replace two regular parking spaces, and provide parking for 16 to 24 bikes. The locations for the corrals were selected based on traffic and are intended to serve the high volume of bikes arriving at the locations.
The on street parking also improves the pedestrian right-of-ways at these locations. Without the on-street parking, bicyclists would lock their bikes to any poles or news boxes available, creating clutter and reducing the space for pedestrians.
The new locations include:
- Ace Hotel, south side of SW Stark at SW 10th Ave.
- Bijou Cage and Stumptown coffee, east side of SW 3rd Ave. at SW Pine St.
- Powell's Books, south side of NW Couch St. at NW 11th Ave.
- Southpark Seafood Grill & Wine Bar, west side of SW 9th Ave./SW Park at SW Salmon St.
These are in addition to the five locations that already exist on N Mississippi and SE Belmont.
PDOT has received over 30 requests for on-street parking installations from businesses and property owners. Many businesses are recognizing that an increasing number of their clientele are arriving by bike.
PDOT believes the demand for bicycle parking is likely to increase as rates of cycling increase across the city. On-street parking can provide many advantages in areas of the city where bicycle use is high and growing.
With the addition of these new bike corrals, we now have on-street bike parking in four of the five Portland quadrants. So what about North Portland? Our 5th quadrant has its share of bike riders, are there any plans for on-street bike parking?
As it turns out, earlier this year the St Johns Boosters and Neighborhood Association discussed possible locations, and also met with PDOT to discuss these locations and funding for the corrals. We haven't heard anything else, but if someone from St Johns can give us an update we will be gland to post it.
Related links:
PDOT information here and here, and general info about bike parking.
BikePortland, includes a good diagram of the bike corral, and a post about St Johns bike parking
