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All bike parking spaces on both sides of High Street are taken. Please add a bike parking corral to support local businesses. One bike corral = 16 bikes in 1 car parking space.
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All bike parking spaces on both sides of High Street are taken. Please add a bike parking corral to support local businesses. One bike corral = 16 bikes in 1 car parking space.
19 Comments
BB (Registered User)
David Streever (Registered User)
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Trial by Water (Guest)
The image you used as an example looks like it would take up 4 parking spaces rather than just one. If the forground accommodates 6 or 7 bikes on the end of the structure, am I also to assume the opposite end also includes 6 or 7 bikes as well? so that's two parking spaces on either end plus the seating platform which is another 2 spaces. Also, if you were to lock your bike on one of the end racks, if a bicycle was parked on the far right or far left (travel lane side, depending on which end you are facing) it would most likely be cause for obstruction of traffic. So it would seem this whole unit would allow for 6 bikes on either end and two on the seating platform, which is 14 bikes instead of 16.
I can see the benefit for a corral but at least post an image that shows 16 bikes in one parking space instead of 14 bikes in 4 parking spaces.
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
David Streever (Registered User)
No need for the rudeness: The two posters (one suggesting a hybrid dine/park spot and the other suggesting a bike corral accommodating 16 bikes) are two different individuals. No need for them to have identical ideas, no need to criticize them.
BB (Registered User)
My example takes up two parking spaces but it was just a suggestion.
Would you support it if it only took up 1 or two spaces?
Sidewalker (Registered User)
47 High Street is my Pop-Up(ChocopologieNHV), and I agree a bike coral would be nice. Nevertheless, it's not in my budget nor do I think the city's. Why don't we ask the students of one of the many high schools to design, build and install a bike coral for each of the different locations around New Haven where the corals are needed/wanted? This would provide a nice opportunity for a group of students to showcase their talents while keeping costs down.
Has anyone contact LAZ or ProPark to see if they'd be willing to donate a space or two for such a thing?
David Streever (Registered User)
I think corrals COULD get into the city budget--especially if they did it creatively per your suggestion. I don't think it would cost more than a few hundred dollars to fabricate and build.
Why not hold an architectural competition to design/build bike corrals in as many spots as we have architect entrants? I'd be happy to help fund raise the money needed for materials, and the architects would be competing for some type of prize and working free.
I know at least 3 architects/wood-workers/metal-workers who would be willing to donate their time for that.
BB (Registered User)
David,
We are working on a fundraising feature. Would you like to test it here? We would want an ok from the city first that they would accept the money.
Thanks,
Ben
BB (Registered User)
Also, love the idea of having high school students design the racks.
Doug Hausladen (Registered User)
LAZ - contract with British Art Center (i'm looking at their booth now)
Ben - can we switch the fundraising feature from dog park on state/crown to dog park on union street?
BB (Registered User)
Would you mind requesting that here: http://help.seeclickfix.com/
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
I love the idea of a design contest, or a "parklet" (SF and Philly have these now). Doing one of those could take a few months of planning though.
As an alternative, the bike corrals I posted on the other page are pretty simple.
How about if we simply got the city's permission to close off one parking space in front of the store, and put in a few bike racks, some large planters, and a nice bench to test out the concept? If it proved popular, it could be made permanent like the ones in the other cities, or even turned into a "parklet" like what Ben posted.
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
San Fran application process for bike corrals (with image): http://www.sfbike.org/download/On_Street_Bike_Parking.pdf
San Fran application process for parklets (with images): http://www.spur.org/files/u33/Parklet_RFP_091710-3.pdf
Sidewalker (Registered User)
Sidewalker (Registered User)
bikingaroundbend (Guest)
Closed Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Registered User)