End of trip facilities

Cycling, especially for work trips, often requires a variety of end of trip facilities. A growing number of workplaces are providing enclosed bicycle parking, showers, lockers and change rooms, in an effort to encourage staff to ride to work.

Transport hubs and significant destinations, such as central business districts also offer an opportunity to provide end of trip facilities to encourage cycling.

The following set of documents outline important features of end of trip facilities as well as best practice case studies:
Australia:

  • Standards Australia, 1993, Australian Standard AS2890.3 Parking Facilities, Sydney, Australia
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    This Standard specifies requirements for the signs, pavement markings and other devices to be applied to bicycle facilities both on the road and on paths separate from the road, either for the exclusive use of bicycles or joint use with other users.
  • Green Building Council of Australia
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    GBCA - Rating Tools for various building types

 

New South Wales:

  • Cycling to work - Information for employers and employees
    a brochure by the RTA
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  • Beaches Health Service Workplace Travel Plan 2009 - 2012
    Northern NSW Health, (2009), A NSCCH Health Promotion initiative
    The Go Active 2 Work project focuses on active transport as a means of improving the health and wellbeing of staff within the Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service. Intended outcomes of Go Active 2 Work, which is being piloted within the Northern Beaches Health Service (NBHS).
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Queensland:

  • Jemma Somervail, (2009) "Getting to work via pedal power is about to become a lot more comfortable", QUT News (video 1.22 mins)
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    Manufacturers believe the solution will come from a specially designed Green Pod a giant locker where cyclists can leave their bikes, keep their gear and have a shower.

  • Warren McLaren, 16 June 2009, Australian: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes)
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    It’s a shame we missed this for the recent Ride To Work week. Because it directly answers the main concerns people have about commuting on bicycles, namely arriving at work sweaty from exercise or wet from rainy weather. Business partners Tim Ceolin (Masters in Architecture student) and Mark Rossiter (business graduate) established Visit Site to design and develop bike parking stations. And specifically the Green Pod, a solar-powered bike storage unit that also sports change rooms, showers, a self-cleaning device and use of recycled water.

  • Queensland Transport, Cycle Note series: Technical Information for Cycling, Queensland Government, Brisbane
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    Relevant cycle notes include:

    • Queensland Cycle Note C4, 2006, End-of-trip facilities for bicycle riders
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      This Cycle Note begins by outlining the benefits of providing end of trip facilities for cyclists and then discusses the various issues to be considered when planning to develop end of trip facilities.
    • Queensland Cycle Note C3, 2006, Bicycle parking facilities
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      This Cycle Note provides information on various bicycle parking facilities available to encourage and improve cyclists amenity.

Victoria:

  • City of Melbourne, 3 May 2009, Media Release "Bike hire scheme to help create greener Melbourne" Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle welcomed the announcement, saying he was excited that Melbourne was spearheading the system in Australia.
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    "With more people moving to Melbourne we need to develop new ways of enabling people to get around the city safely and efficiently and this system will provide a terrific option,” Cr Doyle said.
    “We hope that people who regularly travel around the city such as workers travelling to meetings, or students travelling to university, will support the scheme.”
  • Bicycle Victoria, 2004, The Bicycle Parking Handbook, Bicycle Victoria, Melbourne.
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    Bicycle Victoria’s Bicycle Parking Handbook provides information on a range of bicycle parking options for apartments, schools and workplaces.

Western Australia:

  • Departmentof Planning and Infrastructure, undated PDF file, Bicycle friendly environments: End of trip facilities, Western Australian Government.
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    Provides guidelines for the provision of bicycle end of trip facilities in Western Australian Government buildings.

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Northern Territory:

  • Northern Territory Transport Group, webpage on end of tri[p facilities for bicycles.
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    Cycle Connect is an Australian Government initiative to provide secure bicycle parking at suburban public transport nodes.  By providing secure bicycle storage, Cycle Connect aims to encourage commuters to cycle to public transport nodes, then commute using public transport. 
    Replacing short car trips with bicycle rides has many benefits including improved individual health and fitness, reduced traffic congestion and less vehicle emissions.

 Australian Capital Territory:

  • Bicycle storage requirements in new developments
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    Bicycle Parking Guidelines (November 2006)

 

New Zealand

  • ViaStrada, 25 November 2007, Media Release on Secure Bike Parking, example of secure bike parking for a work place
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  • Land Transport New Zealand, (2007) "Workplace travel plan coordinator’s guide", Land Transport New Zealand
    This material has been prepared to help you get a travel plan underway in your organisation. We know that the implementation of workplace travel plans can lead to happier, fitter and more productive employees, as well as providing real cost savings to workplaces.
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 International:

  • Tokyo's High Tech Bike Parking Revisited
    Sami Grover, 1 January 2010, USA: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes)
    From solar-powered bike parking pods to this Indian-designed vertical bike tree, TreeHugger is not short on neat concepts for better bike storage. But it was Tokyo's automated bike parking that really got us excited. Now the Guardian has created a short English-language video piece on how the system works.
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  • 200 Secure, LEED Certified Pay-to-Park Bike Stations Coming Soon
    April Streeter, 29 October 2009, Sweden: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (cars)
    Covina, California, has the third busiest commuter train station in Southern California, according to its mayor, thus the town is investing in a nifty, digitally-accessed bike parking structure called the Mobis Secure Bike Module. While on the other side of the globe Copenhagen is trying out quite minimalistic parking by painting white lines on the sidewalk and hoping people put their bikes there, Mobis, the angel-backed start-up that designed Covina's LEED 3.0 bike facility, is hoping cash-strapped cities will see the utility in safe, user paid parking -- and predicted in its press materials that there would be 200 of these pay-to-park stations in the U.S. within the next five years! Is paid bike parking an idea whose time has come?
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  • No Bike Thieves in Copenhagen, it Seems. They're Testing Painted-On Bike Parkings!
    Michael Graham Richard, 29 October 2009, Canada: TreeHugger - bikes via Copenhagenize
    We love Copenhagen (and Copenhagen seems to like TreeHugger too...). They're doing a lot of things right, especially when it comes to encouraging cycling. They even go as far as to build "bicycle superhighways"! Via our friend Mikael at Copenhagenize, we learn that the city's Bicycle Office is now testing "rack-less bike parkings". It seems like it might work in Copenhagen, but would it work anywhere else?
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  • A Picture is Worth....42 Folding Bikes vs. One Car
    Lloyd Alter, 27 August 2009, Canada: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes)
    Sometimes it takes a visual illustration to make the strongest argument.
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  • How Decent Bike Parking Could Revolutionize American Cities
    WashCycle, 25 August 2009
    Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) penned an article in Slate last week (with the original title as the title of this post) on bicycle parking.
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  • J. David Goodman, 29 July 2009, "Council Bill Requires Buildings to Let Bikes In", The New York Times - Spokes
    Cubicles around the city may be getting a little rounder now that the City Council has approved a bill requiring commercial building owners and managers to provide access for bicycles.
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  • Michael Graham Richard, 20 July 2009, "Create a Bike-Friendly Office  . . . & Make Your Employees Happy", Canada - Green Planet
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    This article is a bit different. It is written mostly for employers, though if you work for someone else, you can show it to your boss.
  • Brad Aaron, (2009) "Streetfilms: Luxe Bike Parking in Chicago", StreetFilms - 21 May 2009, (Film 4.24 mins)
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    Continuing the Streetfilms tour of envy-inspiring bike parking garages, Clarence Eckerson files this report from the McDonald's Cycling Center in Chicago's Millennium Park, operated by Bike and Roll on behalf of the city.
  • April Streeter,  (2009), "Today's the Day! Bixi Bike Sharing Debuts in Montreal", Sweden: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation, Bikeing in Monreal (5.08 mins) & Bixi 300 Stations (1.11 mins)
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    It seems like it's been a long time coming: in North America, where no bike sharing plan has gotten near the grandeur and style of Paris' Vélib (except perhaps the forthcoming Bcycle), we've been waiting to see exactly how cool Montreal's much-anticipated Bixi will be. And now it's here! C'est parti! With nearly 3,000 bikes and 300 stations, Bixi is just an eighth the size of the Parisian scheme and doesn't currently plan to go year-round. Still, it's a welcome addition to the world-wide bike sharing family.
  • Elizabeth Press (2009) "ASCOBIKE: Full-Service Bike Parking in Brazil", StreetFilms, (video 5:13 minutes) 7 May 2009
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    ASCOBIKE isn't your average bicycle parking station. It is located an hour out of São Paulo on the grounds of the commuter rail station in a city with zero bicycle infrastructure. And yet, ASCOBIKE houses 1700 bikes daily,  and offers a series of social, legal and bicycle education services. Watch this video and see how unique ASCOBIKE really is.
  • Bradley Schroeder, (2009) Beijing’s Bike Parking Experience (ppt), Institute for Transportation & Development Policy  Visit Site
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    PowerPoint of bike parking in Beijing.
  • ITDP Mexico, 24 April 2009, Mexico City Builds First Bike Parking Facilities
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    In an effort to get people to use their bikes instead of their cars, the government of Mexico City is building bike parking as part of its Cambiate de Carril, or Change Your Lane, project.  ITDP Mexico provided advice to the city government for the design and location of bicycle parking facilities along streets and at mass transit stations.
  • NYC Dept. City Planning (Spring 2009), “Bike-Share Opportunities in New York City”
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    The document analyzes existing bike-share models and current New York City bicyclist demographics and demand to assess the potential for a New York City Bike-Share Program.  In addition, an overview of potential funding options and recommendations for program implementation, including suggested program size and phasing, bike-station siting, fees, safety and theft reduction, are also discussed.
  • The Bike-sharing Blog
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    A blog / website site that has gathered information on all the major bike sharing business programs around the world.
  • Victoria Transport Policy Institute, 2007, Bicycle Parking: Bicycle Parking, Storage and Change Facilities, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Canada.
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    This document offers a comprehensive guide to the multitude of factors requiring consideration when developing end of trip facilities. Provides a detailed description of the difference between short and long term bike parking and methods for estimating demand.
  • Bike Station, Long Beach, California.
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    Bike Station provides end of trip facilities for cyclists in several cities in the United States. Services include secure bike parking, shower and change room facilities, as well as other transport services, such as car share ‘pods’. Most are located closed to public transport hubs to allow multi modal integration.

  • Eckerson Jr., C. (2007) "S. F. Giants: Valet Bike Parking 81 Games per Year"  (2.57 mins video) NYC Streets Renaissance, StreetFilms
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    The San Francisco Giants are the first to have a free, convenient, attended bike parking service at all 81 of their home games. As part of an arrangement with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, you can bicycle to a Giants game at AT&T Park, check your bike with up to 200+ other fans, and go catch America’s pastime. Kash, Valet Bike Parking Coordinator for SFBC, runs the operation and gives us the scoop. As you’ll see, fans overwhelmingly endorse it.
    A regulation passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1999 states all events incurring a street closure require monitored bicycle parking if the event anticipates 2000 or more participants.

  • Eckerson Jr., C. (2007) "Trading Car Parking for Bike Racks"  (3.30 mins video) NYC Streets Renaissance, StreetFilms
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    In a historic first for New York City, the Department of Transportation has replaced three car parking spaces in Williamsburg with bike racks to accommodate about 30 bicycles.  The on-street bike parking, which is right next to the Bedford Avenue stop on the L train, will greatly benefit the burgeoning bicycling mecca of Billyburg. As any visitor or person in the community knows, it is very hard to find a legal spot to lock up your bike there. Hopefully, we will see other places in NYC getting this same treatment.For more on the history of the project, please see the entry on our sister site Streetsblog.

  • Eckerson Jr., C. (2007) "Secure Bike Parking just cents per Hour"  (5.44mins video) NYC Streets Renaissance, StreetFilms
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    At many locations in the Bay Area you’ll find electronic, on-demand Bike Link locking facilities where you can park your bike securely for between 3 to 5 cents per hour! The lockers were created by eLock Technologies, which runs the Bike Link facilities.
    While not ubiquitous just yet, one can see the amazing potential for this technology on the streets of New York City. Imagine a bike locker on every corner, not having to carry multiple heavy locks, and - most importantly - being able to ride even the most expensive model bike and know it’ll be there when you return.
    StreetFilms likes to dream, but seriously folks, this could be a moneymaker in NYC. I’d pay lots more than pennies per hour to lock my bike!

  • Eckerson Jr., C. (2007) "Bike Station: Berkeley"  (2.39 mins video) NYC Streets Renaissance, StreetFilms
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    Dave Campbell of the Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition gives us a quick tour of the Berkeley Bikestation where bike parking is safe and free. This is just one of many innovative bike parking facilities on the West Coast that NYC could implement at key transit hubs like Penn Station, Grand Central, the Staten Island Ferry and Atlantic Avenue Terminal.

  • Celis, P. and Bølling-Ladegaard, E. (2008) "Bicycle Parking Manual", The Danish Cyclists Federation
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    The Danish Cyclists Federation has produced, under contract, a comprehensive manual about cycle parking.  The publication provides guidelines and recommendations for bicycle parking: location, quantity, design options, operation, maintenance and inspiration.

  • Japanese mechanised bicycle parking, (2008) (2. 22 mins video) by nihonnogenki
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  • "Luxury cycle parking in Germany's top Cycling City", (2007) (0.32 mins video) by raheelkhan 25
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  • "Who are we", (2007) (1.32 mins video) by Bike Station
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