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Bicycling & Walking in the U.S./ Thunderhead Alliance 2007 68 BICYCLING & WALKING POLICIES & PROVISIONS City The State of Bike Parking in Cities Number of racks Avg. number spaces/ rack Bike parking spaces per 10,000 people Bike parking requirements for buildings Albuquerque * * * Yes Amarillo 0 0 0 No Arlington (TX) ** ** ** ** Atlanta 171 5.5 24 Yes Austin * * * * Baltimore 99 * * No Boston * * * No Charlotte 61 2 2 Yes Chicago 10,500 2 77 Yes Cleveland 600 2 29 No Colorado Springs * * * No Columbus 50 * * No Dallas * * * * Denver * 2 * Yes Detroit * * * No El Paso * * * * Fort Worth * * * * Fresno * * * Yes Honolulu 400 4 44 No Houston 194 2 0.2 Yes Indianapolis 101 2 3 No Jacksonville * * * * Kansas City (MO) 0 0 0 No Las Vegas 345 2 13 No Long Beach * * * Yes Los Angeles 2.45 2 13 Yes Louisville * * * * Memphis 2 10 0.3 No City Number of racks Avg. number spaces/ rack Bike parking spaces per 10,000 people Bike parking requirements for buildings Mesa * * * No Miami 0 0 0 Yes Milwaukee 2,000 * * Yes Minneapolis 3,964 4 453 Yes Nashville * * * No New Orleans * * * Yes New York 3,214 3 12 Yes Oakland 814 2 44 No Oklahoma City * * * No Omaha 200 10 54 No Philadelphia 1,100 2 16 No Phoenix 0 0 0 No Portland * * * Yes Sacramento * * * No San Antonio * * * * San Diego * * * Yes San Francisco 1,550 2 40 Yes San Jose 400 2 9 Yes Seattle 3,000 2 112 Yes Tucson 4,500 * * Yes Tulsa * * * No Virginia Beach * * * Yes Washington 480 2 17 Yes Mean /Average 1,341 3 24 (1) Yes Median 400 2 14 Yes High 10,500 10 453 ** Low 0 0 0 ** Source: City Surveys and ACS (2005) (1) The average is weighted by the population of responding cities.
Minneapolis Top for Bike Parking Minneapolis ranks highest among cities surveyed for per capita bicycle parking. With 3,964 racks, averaging four spaces per rack, Minneapolis boasts 453 bicycle parking spaces per 10,000 residents. A number of policy decisions have contributed to Minneapolis’s success. The city parking budget includes $40,000 a year for bicycle parking and has a unique 50/50 cost share program with local businesses who are interested in bike racks. The city also has ordinances that support bicycle parking and will pay 100% of the cost for bike racks at schools and public parks. Minneapolis doesn’t plan on slowing down its provision of bike parking anytime soon. As one of five pilot communities in the U.S. to receive hefty federal support for bicycle and pedestrian provisions under SAFETEA-LU (the most recent federal Legend:(table opposite page) * = Offi cials could not access data ** = Thunderhead could not access data Note: A survey response of “NA” to question of bike parking was taken to mean 0 and a response of “Less than 100” for Baltimore was taken to mean 99. transportation bill), they have just received a federal grant that will allow them to install bike One of Minneapolis’s roughly 4,000 bike racks overfl ows outside of Fairview Medical Center. PHOTO COURTESY OF DONALD PFLAUM, CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS racks at 100% of Minneapolis schools, public parks and post offices. The Importance of Bicycle Parking The choice to bicycle is often linked to the ease of the bicycling experience. The ability to securely and conveniently park one’s bicycle is an important factor. While Minneapolis, Seattle, and Chicago all show a significant investment in bicycle parking, some cities answered “NA” to questions on bicycle parking, which was translated to mean there is no city-funded bike parking program. Other cities such as Memphis, Houston and Charlotte report bicycle parking spaces for only 0.02% of the population. Minneapolis has bike parking for 4.53% of the population and reports they are just keeping up with the demand for bicycling. Cyclists make up 2.42% of all trips to work in Minneapolis and they estimate a total bike mode share of roughly three percent. BICYCLING & WALKING POLICIES & PROVISIONS 69 Bicycling & Walking in the U.S./ Thunderhead Alliance 2007
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Acknowledgements This report has de
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Contents PHOTO COURTESY OF SEAN DRE
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Executive Summary Government offici
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to bicycle and pedestrian programs.
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1: Introduction Benchmarking Bicycl
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Denver, CO receives Bicycle-Friendl
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all and included recommendations fo
Page 19 and 20: 2: Data Collection The Benchmarking
Page 21 and 22: 3: Current Status of Bicycling How
Page 23 and 24: PHOTO COURTESY OF AMY KELLOGG Bicyc
Page 25 and 26: % work trips by bike Percent of Tri
Page 27 and 28: State % of work trips Trips to work
Page 29 and 30: City Trips to work by bike % of wor
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Page 33 and 34: Number of People per Bike Shop in M
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Page 37 and 38: 7% Pedestrian Percent of Trips to W
Page 39 and 40: 100% Distribution of those who walk
Page 41 and 42: State % of trips by foot Trips to w
Page 43 and 44: City % of Trips by Foot Trips to Wo
Page 45 and 46: Pedestrian Mode Share & Safety in C
Page 47 and 48: includes funding for biking and wal
Page 49 and 50: Other Source: FHWA (2001-2006) Fede
Page 51 and 52: Funding for Bicycling & Walking Pro
Page 53 and 54: Distribution of Transportation Enha
Page 55 and 56: Percent of TE Funds to Bicycle & Pe
Page 57 and 58: Education Projects by State Ratio o
Page 59 and 60: Bicycle & Pedestrian Staff Levels i
Page 61 and 62: Members of LAPD Bicycle Police Team
Page 63 and 64: Excerpts from Model Policies: Chica
Page 65 and 66: State % of transportation $ to bike
Page 67 and 68: City Per capita spending on bicycle
Page 69: miles per square mile of city 18 16
Page 73 and 74: Transit Integration with Bicycling
Page 75 and 76: Thunderhead Alliance Bicycle & Pede
Page 77 and 78: Budgets of Thunderhead Organization
Page 79 and 80: evenue in dollars $2,500,000 $2,000
Page 81 and 82: State Total populationserved by org
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Page 87 and 88: average temperature (degrees farhen
Page 89 and 90: Demographic Influences Income Incom
Page 91 and 92: miles of bicycle facilities per squ
Page 93 and 94: percent of trips to work by foot %
Page 95 and 96: 8: Impacts of Bicycling and 40% 35%
Page 97 and 98: percent of trips to work by bicycle
Page 99 and 100: 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% Alaska Montana
Page 101 and 102: 9: Conclusions Safety in Numbers Da
Page 103 and 104: Levels, Safety, and Funding 25% per
Page 105 and 106: 10: Recommendations How You Can Use
Page 107 and 108: surveys. The team will expand outre
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Page 111 and 112: Nebraska Bikeable Communities: Omah
Page 113 and 114: City Census 2000 % bike to work Cen
Page 115 and 116: States Bike fatalities WISQARS Bike
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