Bike parking facilities in residential buildings

[bearcat]

The problem with older buildings is that budgets are.. constrained. Which I think is the real reason a lot of these buildings, particularly in low income areas, haven't done anything yet. They don't spend money unless they really need to, typically.

No need for it to be that complex - a wire cage enclosure around a few parking spaces with keycard access is sufficient in the underground for an much smaller price.

Someone in a building I lived in bypassed the wire cage by cutting it open just enough to stick their arm in and open the inside door handle from the outside. One of my bike's wheels which was not locked up was stolen.

My point is there does need to be some thought put into the design for it to actually be useful and not a waste of money.

 

[jta5]

Visited a friend today in a building with a ground-floor indoor bike parking room. Easy to get to. No elevators, ramps, stairs, or even doors to get to this room once you're in the main lobby. The building opened maybe 7 or so years ago and has been fully rented up for years. The planning documents call this room capable of hosting 232 long term bike parking spaces. I counted 15 total bikes. Is uptake this bad in other buildings too? Is this normal?

 

[innsertnamehere]

Visited a friend today in a building with a ground-floor indoor bike parking room. Easy to get to. No elevators, ramps, stairs, or even doors to get to this room once you're in the main lobby. The building opened maybe 7 or so years ago and has been fully rented up for years. The planning documents call this room capable of hosting 232 long term bike parking spaces. I counted 15 total bikes. Is uptake this bad in other buildings too? Is this normal?

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Where was the building (even roughly)?

My understanding is that downtown buildings have generally decent uptake on bike parking rooms, if not incredible, but buildings in more suburban areas tend to see the rooms sit basically empty.

 

[jta5]

Where was the building (even roughly)?

This is smack downtown Hamilton.

 

[innsertnamehere]

This is smack downtown Hamilton.

Ah - downtown Hamilton - yes, probably a lower cycling uptake city and I wouldn't be surprised if there are huge theft issues in the room too. For one those bike racks are extremely theft prone - notice how all the bikes are locked sideways on the racks, as if they were inserted as intended you could only lock your (detachable) front wheel.