Springfield bicycle parking ordinance goes into effect
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Tue, 11/09/2004 - 8:08pm
According to a Springfield News-Leader story:
In related news, the News-Leader reports that Springfield is moving forward with the next phase of its streetscape plan, which include traffic calming and better accommodations for bicyclists and pedestrians.
"The more facilities that exist, the more people will ride bikes, the more visibility they will have and motorists will be more aware of them," said Bruce Abid-Yazdi, a spokesman for Springbike Bicycle Club and a member of the city's Traffic Advisory Board.The Missouri Bicycle Federation hopes that Springfields new ordinance will become a model for other Missouri communities to provide bicycle parking.
"It basically creates awareness and gives people the idea, 'Oh, I could have ridden my bike.'" . . .
The [bicycle parking] proposal was . . . reviewed and refined by the Development Issues Input Group, a committee including members of the development community.
"At first, they were reaching way too far," said Butler, co-chair of the committee. "There's nothing wrong with bike parking — we endorse that. But if you keep adding requirements, it just costs and costs and gets unreasonable."
Butler said the committee came around after language was added allowing reductions in parking-lot requirements. . . .
"Reducing parking requirements saves money," said Butler, adding that building new paved parking costs, on average, about $1,500 per space.
"A bike rack, you might spend $500 to $600," said Bulter. "... Right there, you have more than offset the cost to provide the bike racks.
In related news, the News-Leader reports that Springfield is moving forward with the next phase of its streetscape plan, which include traffic calming and better accommodations for bicyclists and pedestrians.
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