CRC - 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.

New South Wales:

Cycling to work - Information for employers and employees, a brochure by the RTA
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Queensland:

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:

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.

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)

International:

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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