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Bicycle parking in the City of Spokane is lacking. There are very few places where you can safely store your bike while you shop for necessities, browse for luxuries, or meet with friends and family. On June 5, City Council passed bike parking code updates to change that reality.
Before those changes, if the place you visited did have bike parking it would likely be hidden behind or on the side of the building, away from eyesight, with a design that lent to the bike falling over, potentially damaging the bike. Or, if you lived in a small apartment, you likely had to store your bike within your unit, taking up valuable space, because there were no alternatives.
While not retroactive, the new code changes will help provide more safe and secure bike parking, especially at a time where e-bikes are rising in popularity and, whether for health, time, or cost savings, more and more people are turning to biking for everyday activities.
The new code:
- Requires apartments of 10 or more units to provide long-term bicycle parking
- Requires places of employment to provide long-term bicycle parking
- Revamped the short-term bicycle parking standards to ensure safe and secure bike racks
These changes, along with other incremental changes to bike infrastructure across the city, are intended to provide people options for getting around and will hopefully make our city a safer place to live.
For more information check out the blog post and the project webpage.
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