Bike Corral Policy Discussion

Presented by: Evanston Department of Public WorksCity Council June 17, 2013

What is a bike corral?According to Portland: On street bike corrals provide ample, convenient, comfortable and secure bicycle parking.

According to San Diego: A Bike Corral is an on-street bicycle parking facility that can accommodate many more bicycles than a typical sidewalk rack. Bike corrals typically take up an existing single-vehicle parking space and replace it with up to eight bicycle racks – enough space for 16 bicycles! These facilities make more efficient use of a vehicle parking lane in areas with high cycling demands. They are especially useful in areas with narrow sidewalks where it would be impractical to install a sidewalk rack

According to Chicago: on-street bicycle parking corrals make efficient use of the parking lane for bicycle areas with high demand. Corrals typically provide room for 12 or more bicycles in a space occupied by 1 or 2 cars.

In Evanston a corral is an on/off street bike parking facility where bike parking is in high demand for a particular destination such as EAC, Whole Foods and the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center.

Images of Bike Corrals

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Images of Bike Corrals

Good for Evanston?

Ideal Locations?

Hurdles?

Oversight?

Next Steps

Staff will prepare an ordinance to present to City Council at the second meeting in July based on tonight’s discussion.