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MORE BIKE PARKING
The draft Eugene Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan has proposed
increased bike parking requirements.
But the proposed changes to the Eugene code are recommendations
for consideration only. “Adoption of the plan does not obligate adoption
of the recommended amendments to the code,” a city consultant’s memo
last month states.
The biggest change is requiring a 50 percent or more increase in
parking required for the many new apartment buildings going up near the
UO. “These amendments are recommended to address staff concerns that
multi-family developments often do not have adequate bicycle parking
facilities,” the memo from the Angelo Planning Group consultant states.
The proposal would changes the parking requirement from one bike
space per dwelling to 1.5 per dwelling and to one space per bedroom near
the UO instead of 1 space per dwelling unit.
Other changes include:
• requiring a minimum of four bike parking spaces at transit stations.
• requiring 50 percent covered bike parking instead of 25 percent for
developments requiring 30 or more bike spaces.
• increasing required bike parking at grocery stores by 50 percent and
doubling the required bike parking at building supply stores.
• allowing bike parking in required building setbacks.
• better protecting bike connections when streets are vacated.
• requiring more (but farther away) bike parking when car parking
requirements are waived.
• requiring bike access to nearby schools in planned subdivisions.
Although on balance the proposal appears to strengthen bike parking
requirements, it does weaken them in some areas. The city will require
one bike space per three occupants in dormitories instead of the current
one space per two occupants. Also, the code will reduce the sheltered
bike parking requirement by half for developments requiring six to 10 bike
spaces.
The proposed code also simplifi es the existing code by including fewer
development categories for bike parking requirements, but that could also
make the new code harder to enforce. A lack of enforcement has been an
issue with the current code, especially where bike parking is sometimes
rendered useless by businesses blocking the spaces with merchandise,
shopping carts or trash cans.
Parts of the code also still lag far behind the current bike mode share
of 11 percent in the city. For example, the city only requires one bike space
per 20 entertainment seats, or 5 percent. The new bike/ped plan has set a
target of doubling the current mode share.
In addition to building code changes, the city also plans to remove
some car parking spaces to add bike parking when businesses request
it. — Alan Pittman
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