On-Street Bike Parking

News Release: SDOT Creates On-Street Bicycle Parking

As part of the Bicycle Master Plan adopted by the City of Seattle in 2007, the Seattle Department of Transportation will be installing On-Street Bicycle Parking at 3 locations around Seattle in February 2009. More locations will be installed in 2009 and beyond.

Why On-Street Bike Parking?
The combination of the increasing urban density in Seattle and the goal of the Bicycle Master Plan (BMP) to install 3000 new bicycle racks within the city over the next 10 years, has increased the density of amenities on urban village sidewalks. Due to this increased density, in many urban villages there is little existing space to install sufficient bicycle racks to meet the growing demand.

By mid February the new bike facilities will be installed:

• Mid block of Broadway E between E Harrison Street and E Republican Street (by Broadway Market)
• At the corner of 12th Avenue and E Spring Street (by Stumptown Coffee Roasters and Café Presse)
• At the corner of Woodlawn Avenue NE and NE 70th Street (by the Greenlake Condominium)

Where will they go?
We’ll install on-street bike parking in place of public car parking spaces in locations where bicycle parking demand exceeds existing supply of sidewalk-mounted bicycle parking. Each installation will take the space of one or two car parking stalls, which will then be surrounded by barriers and filled with bicycle racks. Bicyclists may enter the parking stall from the sidewalk. Ideal locations for new installations are:

• Where more bike parking is needed and will be used
• Where there is already on-street parking and perhaps a curb bulb
• Far enough away from bus stops

What will most locations look like?

Have an idea for future On-Street Bike Parking spaces?
Please email bikeracks@seattle.gov with your ideas.

For more information about the Seattle Bicycle & Pedestrian Program, call (206) 684-7583.