Council’s Public Hearing on the Bike Parking Ordinance CANCELED – New date March 9th
The much anticipated public hearing on the Bike Parking Ordinance has been CANCELED due to the snowpocalypse and the threat of another snow storm
The hearing was supposed to take place in City Council Chambers tomorrow, Feb 9.
The new date has yet to be rescheduled, but we’ll make sure to keep you informed.
You can still act to make sure this important green-minded piece of legislation gets passed.
If you haven’t done so, send an email to your Council Person today, and tell them to support the Bike Parking Ordinance. We even make it easy for you.
What is the Bike Parking Ordinance?
Ever ridden to a shiny new building and had nowhere to lock your bike?
Of course you have. Basically, buildings are often erected or refurbished without any thought put in to where residents, employees and customers can safely park a bicycle. There are, however, lots of rules in the big zoning book that say how many automobile parking spaces must accompany buildings. The book also has a page for Bike Parking, however this page is currently blank. We’ve been working for the past two years with the Mayor’s Bike/Ped Coordinator, Steve Patchan and Senior Planner, Corey Layman to get this amendment written – similar to what other bike-friendly cities have.
The photo above is from Whole Foods in East Liberty, and shows what happens when bike parking is treated seriously and is incorporated into the design of a building, as opposed to an after-thought retrofit.
Not a member of Bike Pittsburgh? Join today! We need you to add your voice! Bike Pittsburgh works to protect cyclist’s rights and promote the vision of making Pittsburgh a safer and more enjoyable place to live and to ride. For more info, check out: www.bike-pgh.org/membership
erok says:
(Feb 08, 2010 at 3:09 pm )
You can follow a discussion about this on the BikePGH Messageboard here: http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/public-hearing-on-bike-parking-ordnance-sept-1