Research on Alternative Commute End Use Facilities

check out www.bikestation.org. Bikestation has been developing bike-transit centers for more than 10 years and has six locations around the country, with several more in development.
Good luck with your research,
Ron



Ron Milam
BikeSage
United States
www.bikesage.com

Ive nothing solid to offer in the way of data, but have some thoughts on such facilities.
In some locations it is possible that local YM/YWCAs or similar agencies could provide showers/lockers/bike storage. Of course this would only work if the worksite was sufficiently close to a Y.

I wonder if the green standards for office building design include specifications for facilities within the building to support those who take alternative modes to get to work. It would seem a logical thing to do, but perhaps whoever came up with those standards never thought of it.


Mel Tremper
jbsinternational corp
United States

Hi there,

Have a look at the cycle parking developed at Finsbury Park station in London; you can probably find a bit more about it, including user comments if you do a bit of google searching.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/9003.aspx
http://www.bikeoff.org/design_resource/DR_facilities_examples_transport_Finsbury_Park.shtml

Maybe contact the team at TfL's Cycling Centre of Excellence about it & some of their considerations for other services it could offer.

Regards,

Alexis

Alexis Anderson
London Borough of Richmond
United Kingdom

I do know that current LEED giudelines award points toward certification when a new building accomodates commuters who use alternative methods. These points vary as to the silver, gold, or platinum certification the owners are aiming for and are based on number of total employees, proximity to the building being served, storage and changing rooms.

However, most of our buildings are existing, so we are sort of putting the cart before the horse.

Thanks for the information.

Mary Romes
Student Intern, Energy & Sustainability
County of Sonoma, California
United States

Hi, there is a very nice example near a subway station in Sao Paulo (Maua). They are an independent cooperative, have a bike shop, bathroom, registration of users, and even legal advise! They submitted an application for the Urban Age competition 2008, so it should all be described in English. As Jonas Hagen (ITDP Brazil director) at [email protected] about this, he should be able to give you info. There's lots more info in portuguese... but not sure if that would be useful.

Another example is Bogota's transmilenio. They have built huge bike parking facilities (Free for the mass transit users), though there is no publication in English describing it. I wrote a chapter on these issues for a handbook on cycling policies with GTZ and I-CE, but it's not yet published (hopefully it will be published around march, and available for free in www.sutp.org ).

Best regards,

Carlos Pardo
GTZ SUTP project coordinator

Carlos Pardo
Project coordinator
GTZ SUTP
Columbia
www.sutp.org

Just to note as well that the UK has legislation whereby planning conditions and obligations can be put on new developments (both busineses and residential) and old developments that are seeking additions & need to undergo planning permission. Through these laws local councils can require sustainable travel infrastructure to feature in the development, and also reduce the facilities available for cars.
Worth looking into if state govts in the US have the power to require similar conditions.

Alexis Anderson
London Borough of Richmond
United Kingdom

Mid last year Brisbane City Council/Queensland Transport launched a state-of-the-art public access facility in the CBD - for more info refer to:

http://www.cycle2city.com.au/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bI7Bzecoc0 (= virtual tour of the facility)

kristian handberg
Dept of Sustainability and Environment
Australia

Freewheel Midtown Bike Center is a joint effort of Allina Health Systems and the City of Minneapolis to provide the Midtown and larger Twin Cities community a full service bike transportation station, complete with long/short term Bike Storage , Bike Rentals, Cafe , Repair Classes and even Public Shop where you can do your own maintenance. We also have a full service repair shop, bicycle and accessory sales, public restrooms and showers, and other ancillary uses.

This opened last spring in a completed renovated warehouse space along a bike trail. One interesting thing to point out is that there is no street access to the center as the trail runs through an old train trench.
http://freewheelbike.com/page.cfm?PageID=302


Mary-
Email me and I can see if I am able to anwser your more detailed questions.

becca gomez
city of minneapolis bike ambassador program
United States

The LEED Green Building Rating System, Version 2, Site Credit 4, Alternative Transportation, listed "Provide suitable means for securing bicycles, with convenient changing/shower facilities for use by cyclists, for 5% or more of building inhabitants."

Archie Phillips
Architect
University of Utah
Canada
www.utah.edu