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Portland’s Story
On-Street Bicycle
Parking Corrals
Scott Cohen, City of Portland, Oregon
Bike Corrals
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Current Map
www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/article/250076
107 Corrals installed in Portland
107 corrals installed
175 auto spaces
removed
1,756 bike spaces
provided
55 locations under
review
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The Utilitarian & Ubiquitous Sidewalk
Staple Rack
• 6,000+ installed
• 823-CYCL, online,
word of mouth
• 2 free; $150/rack
addt’l
• 1.0 FTE (including
corrals outreach)
• $35,000 M&S budget
(not including
corrals)
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Why on-street?
Minimum sidewalk clearances
6 ft
Street furniture needs
Café seating
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Costs
Average TOTAL Costs, including overhead
rates
PLANNING
$ 500
LABOR
$1,600
MATERIALS
$1,600
• Majority of corrals paid for by Bicycle
Parking Fund. Developers that can not or
choose not to provide code-required
short-term bike parking pay into the fund.
• New in 2012 - $2600 permit fee
introduced to cover planning and labor
costs, allows City to respond to requests
with low existing demand (e.g., new
developments) or expedite requests.
Photos by BikePortland.org
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Encouraging business support
“The corral has created more foot traffic, benefiting the
neighborhood and bringing more customers in our door.
It can still be seen full even in
the rainiest of weather.”
-Ginger Vaadi, Bare Bones Café
Widmer Brothers Brewing, N Russell & Interstate Ave,
installed in 2009
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Encouraging business support
“New customers ... expect a corral, and
possibly chose us at least partially
because of the corral.”
-Peter Emerson, Bipartisan Cafe
BiPartisan Café, SE Stark St & 80th Avenue, installed in 2010
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Encouraging business support
Pambiche, SE Glisan St & 28th Avenue, installed in 2009.
“Biking to a location seems to make an event or an afternoon out of something
simple like a bite to eat or meeting for coffee or a drink.”
-Jon Connell-Maribona , Pambiche
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Design: the nuts and bolts
Staple racks welded to steel
tracks in clusters of 3, bolted to
asphalt with wedge bolts
Any existing racks on sidewalk
are removed
Racks angled at 60 degrees
8 in. white thermo
plastic tape
Reflective tape
applied to all racks
Bicycle pavement markings
indicate ‘maneuvering zone’
Recycled rubber parking block
and safe hit wands attached at
both ends of facility
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Design Template – Plan View
Before and After
Before
Pambiche, SE Glisan St & 28th Avenue
After
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Approvals and Maintenance
- Approval process requires adjacent
business and property owner support
(similar to other parking signage changes,
such as loading zone)
-Initial pilot projects should demonstrate
support from as many stakeholders as
possible, particular from the business
community
- Overall, complaints about parking removal
from other businesses or residents has been
very minimal
Photos by BikePortland.org
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Approvals and Maintenance
- Property owner enters into maintenance
agreement with City
-Agreement stipulates:
-facility will be swept regularly
- City can remove facility
- City to be notified if damage occurs
Photos by BikePortland.org
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Design evolution
Photos by BikePortland.org
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Other design points
Photos by BikePortland.org
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For more information…
Scott Cohen, Portland Bureau of Transportation
E: scott.cohen@portlandoregon.gov T: (503) 823-5345
www.portlandonline.com/transportation/bikeparking
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