It’s been over ten years since Boston first established minimum guidelines for bicycle parking.  In 2019, we revisited our guidelines by surveying users, evaluating existing bike rooms, comparing ourselves to peer cities, and asking our colleagues about working with developers. To support growth in biking, we found a compelling need for improving the design of bike racks in the public right of way and within new developments. Our 2020 Bike Parking Guidelines update provides simple design guidance for safe, convenient, and inclusive bike parking. 

Join us on a bike tour of the good, the bad, and the ugly in bike parking. We’ll visit the Allston/Brighton neighborhood and critique bike parking designed before and after the update. We’ll share our process for developing criteria for rack styles to ensure bike parking is as convenient as car parking, serves cyclists of all ages and abilities, and accommodates various bike types, such as cargo bikes, adaptive cycles, kid’s bikes, and more. Finally, we’ll have a candid discussion about the questions we’re still working out.

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MODE

• Bicycling/Easy

LEADERS

• Jen Rowe & Hannah Fong, Active Transportation Planners, BTD

SPEAKERS

• Jen Rowe, Active Transportation Planner, BTD
• Hannah Fong, Active Transportation Planner, BTD
• Joe Blakenship, Senior Transportation Planner II, BPDA
• Nathan Hostert, Policy Analyst
• Karen E. Spilka, Office of Massachusetts Senate President 
• Alaa Mukahhal, Planner, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.