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Bike Parking on the Street

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(via Capitol Hill Seattle)

Seattle has announced that it will install bike parking on the street beginning next week, with the spaces being ready by mid-Febraury. From the letter:

Taking the place of one to two motor vehicle parking spaces, on-street bike parking will be filled with bicycle racks and surrounded by a raised curb. Bicyclists can enter the parking area from the sidewalk and each car-sized space will accommodate up to eight bikes.

●  Mid block of Broadway E between E Harrison Street and E Republican
Street (by Broadway Market)

●  At the corner of 12th Avenue and E Spring Street (by Stumptown
Coffee Roasters and Café Presse)

●  At the corner of Woodlawn Avenue NE and NE 70th Street (by the
Greenlake Condominium)

Last year Portland garnered national attention when they installed what they called, bike corrals in front of popular establishments. Check out this Streetsfilm about the corrals and get excited that they will be coming here soon!

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2 Responses to “Bike Parking on the Street”

  1. Anne on February 2nd, 2009 11:22 pm

    That’s great news. I look forward to parking my bike on the street in Seattle.

    My husband and I experienced the Portland bike parking last fall. We ate tacos at Por que No on N. Mississippi at an outside table directly facing some on-street bike parking. What a difference it made to dine facing a parking spot filled with a dozen bikes instead of one stinky car. It completely changed the neighborhood atmosphere.

  2. Nate Cole-Daum on February 2nd, 2009 11:31 pm

    This is awesome news. I heard Porque No got tired of waiting for the bureaucrats and installed their own DIY (and of course, illegal) bike corral. That is, in addition to a good place for tacos, one hip biz.

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