NYC To Add 500 Secure Bike Parking Starting Locations Next Year

By FrumNews.com

New York—The New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced that a major step to launch a network of 500 secure bike parking locations will be implemented next year.

The publicly accessible secure bike parking will support New York City’s record bike ridership and continued growth. The first step in this initiative was taken last week with an open call to identify a company to operate this groundbreaking bike storage network.

With more than 600,000 bicycling trips taken in New York City each day and a record-high number of protected bike lanes across the five boroughs, secure bike parking access will continue to fuel New Yorkers’ embrace of cycling, a safe and environmentally friendly transportation option.

“With record bike ridership and an all-time high number of protected bike lanes, New York City is experiencing a booming cycling renaissance,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez. “This initiative will support continued growth in cycling by addressing a key barrier to bike ownership: the lack of access to secure bike storage.”

“Providing residents with secure bike parking is instrumental in ensuring more New Yorkers are walking, biking and using mass transit, which helps to cut our greenhouse gas emissions,” said Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice Executive Director Elijah Hutchinson. “New Yorkers require a mixture of travel options to meet their daily needs and this RFP presents more green alternatives while also helping us meet our PlaNYC commitments of creating thousands of secure public bike parking spots and achieving a sustainable mode share of 80% by 2050.”

Once an operator is selected, the NYC DOT expects to have the first storage locations available next year and all 500 locations in place within five years.

DOT will prioritize locations and storage designs to: Improve bike parking near major transit hubs; Provide options to accommodate e-bikes and cargo bikes; Offer long-term storage in residential areas for New Yorkers without space for in-home storage; and potentially incorporate e-bike charging in storage facilities. The open call for operators was launched via a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued last week.