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PBOT pilot program provides safe bike parking for Hacienda CDC residents

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Hacienda CDC resident Olga Tunay subsequent to a row of motorcycle lockers outdoors their housing advanced in Cully. It’s only one kind of safe bike parking facility within the pilot program.
(Picture: PBOT)

The Portland Bureau of Transportation has partnered with Hacienda Group Improvement Company and Andando en Bicicletas y Caminando to construct safe bike parking for residents at Hacienda reasonably priced housing communities.

Because the Group Biking Middle found over a decade in the past of their groundbreaking “Limitations to Bicycling” report, concern of motorcycle theft ranks excessive as a priority for folks taken with biking and safe parking is commonly nonexistent for Portlanders who dwell in reasonably priced housing.

Cully neighborhood residents have labored for a few years to make progress on this problem and the PBOT pilot program is an thrilling step ahead.

Latest Metropolis of Portland bike parking code modifications up to date guidelines to set bike parking requirements which can be in keeping with assembly Portland’s objective of getting a 25% biking mode share by 2030.

One of many new safe group bike cages constructed for a Hacienda CDC group.
(Picture: PBOT)

A PBOT press launch on the Hacienda safe bike parking venture says that this system is designed to fulfill these new citywide bicycle parking requirements. Whereas bike parking at new developments has been designed to fulfill the code, parking availability at present condominium buildings was missing. This was an issue for folks in these communities who need to have the ability to bike for transportation and recreation.

“Lockable, enclosed, and accessible bike parking is commonly the lacking hyperlink for a lot of Portlanders needing a low-cost type of transportation and recreation,” the PBOT press launch says.

With a venture finances of $31,000, PBOT constructed eight new weather-protected giant bike lockers and three bike shelters with lockable fences. There are actually a further 54 safe locations for folks to park their bikes at a number of Hacienda communities in Portland, and the pilot might inform future tasks to implement widespread safe bike parking.

“PBOT is utilizing this pilot to know what is feasible when retrofitting an present constructing with lockable and enclosed bike parking which can be important for supporting folks utilizing bikes, whereas nonetheless balancing the potential hurdles of implementation for constructing homeowners,” the press launch says. “Supporting mobility by bike is a part of PBOT’s strategic plan to scale back carbon emissions and help a balanced transportation system.”