(A) Bike parking is a critical component of a community’s bikeway network and can strongly influence one’s decision whether to complete a trip via bicycle. The city’s bike parking facilities largely consist of bike racks located at intersections along Main Street in the downtown core (installed as part of the Main Street Beautification Project). Bike racks also exist adjacent to Joseph Elementary School (near the building entrance on E Second Street), and at the east end of W.E. Williams Avenue near Joseph Middle and High schools.
(B) The quality of existing bike parking facilities varies by location, particularly due to the style of rack chosen and/or placement of the rack. Some existing racks (particularly those near the schools) are considered substandard because they do not provide sufficient points of contact to support a bicycle at two points. In other words, they do not allow a bicycle frame and at least one wheel to be locked to the rack without the use of a long bicycle cable or mounting the bicycle over the rack.
(Ord. passed 6- -2009)