1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgAlex Bronerhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/alexbroner/Shifting Bike-and-Ride into Higher Gear - Sightline Instituterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Va30LDSVQO"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2012/08/28/shifting-bike-and-ride-into-higher-gear/">Shifting Bike-and-Ride into Higher Gear</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2012/08/28/shifting-bike-and-ride-into-higher-gear/embed/#?secret=Va30LDSVQO" width="600" height="338" title="“Shifting Bike-and-Ride into Higher Gear” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="Va30LDSVQO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/netherlands-bike-storage.jpg500356Most of us are familiar with park-and-ride facilities: large parking lots surrounding transit stops. They generally expand the effective “reach” of a transit stop by allowing people to combine automobiles and transit in a single trip. Yet they also have several disadvantages, including negative visual impacts, forgone revenue from other uses of the space, and the cost of the facilities themselves. There is a better way. In contrast to park-and-rides, “bike-and-ride” facilities are much more cost effective and have fewer negative impacts. For example, a structured park-and-ride facility planned for Northgate in Seattle for example is estimated to cost $30,000 per parking stall. Compare that with a recent federal grant for secure bicycle parking in the Seattle area at a cost of roughly $4,400 per bike stall. And of course, park-and-rides encourage people to drive, which results in a variety of negative health, safety, and environmental consequences.