Introduction NYC Cycling 1. NYC Bike Policy 2. State of NYC Cycling 3. Cyclists & Streets “A Bike and a Prayer” Riding Infrastructure 4. Street Design 5. Bridges 6. Road Surfaces 7. Greenways 8. Parks  Bicycles and Transit
10. Reducing Traffic Security 11. Bicycle Theft 12. On-Street Parking 13. Indoor Parking On the Job Cycling 14. Bicycle Messengers “Fifth, Park & Madison” 15. Freight Cycles 16. Gov't Cycling Reducing Risks 17. Accidents “Three Who Died” 18. Air Pollution Bicycle Education 19. Schools 20. Public Education Appendices |
Chapter 9:
Bicycles and Transit a) Bicycles and Mass Transit b) Rail-Station Bicycle Parking c) Europe and Japan United States and New York
e) Bicycle Parking Costs f) Station Parking Conditions in the New York Area g) Ride-and-Bike h) Bicycles on Transit Vehicles i) New York City Transit Authority j) Bus Access k) Ferries l) Chapter 9 Recommendations Bicycle Parking Costs
At least a dozen bicycles can be parked in the space required for one motor vehicle. According to Replogle and Parcells, ground-level bicycle storage requires 6-12 square feet per space, compared to 330 square feet of land needed to park an automobile. Not only does this space advantage permit large-scale bike parking to be sited in congested areas around rail stations and in other traffic-sensitive areas, as noted by both Replogle and the Commission of the European Communities; [16] it also contributes to making bike parking far cheaper to provide than car parking. Excluding land, it costs roughly $100 per space to create bicycle parking with attractive, user-friendly racks such as Ribbon Racks, and around $500 with lockers. Car parking is at least 10 times as expensive (see table). For ex-ample, Metro-North has earmarked $22 million for 3,000 new car parking spaces at its stations in 1993, a cost over $7,000 per space. [17] A new 725-car garage at the LIRR Huntington station will cost $10 million, or $13,800 per space. [18] Similarly, station bicycle parking cost far less than other options for reducing transportation-related emissions. A 1980 study estimated the following costs of emission-reduction strategies for the City of Chicago (costs are expressed in terms of the approximate 1980-era expenditures to reduce auto use to eliminate a ton of hydrocarbon emissions).
Even with the additional cost of feeder bikeways, bike-and-ride programs are clearly the most cost-effective investment for reducing auto use and vehicular pollution. Table: Parking Capital Costs (per space)
Costs are for construction and engineering only (land is excluded) and are for typical urban area rather than New York City.
NOTES:16. Replogle and Parcells, op. cit., p. 3.17. See letter from Transportation Alternatives to MTA Chairman Peter Stangl, Nov. 9, 1992, regarding car parking projects included in the MTA's Transportation Improvement Plan. Seven projects therein will provide 1,543 spaces for $10.95 million, or $7,097 per space. An additional $10.7 million is earmarked for three other projects providing an unspecified number of car spaces. 18. The New York Times, Nov. 29, 1992, op. cit 19. Chicago Area Transportation Study, Air Quality Evaluation of Selected Transportation Improvements, March 1980, p. 2. a) Bicycles and Mass Transit b) Rail-Station Bicycle Parking c) Europe and Japan United States and New York
e) Bicycle Parking Costs f) Station Parking Conditions in the New York Area g) Ride-and-Bike h) Bicycles on Transit Vehicles i) New York City Transit Authority j) Bus Access k) Ferries l) Chapter 9 Recommendations | |||||||||||||||||||
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