NYC In To The Future With Cycling
Aug 13th, 2009 by Squizzmaster
Just received this interesting and exciting news in my Bicycle Victoria News Letter
20,000 bike spaces for NY car parks
12 August 2009. Commercial car parks in New York City will be compelled to provide bike parking, under new laws to take effect in three months.
Commercial garages and parking lots with more than 50 car spaces are required to provide one bike parking space for every ten car parking spaces, up to a threshold of 200 car spaces. Beyond the threshold, one bike spot will be required for every 100 additional car spots.
Aimed at encouraging bike commuting, the law applies to about 1700 locations, mostly in Manhattan. Pricing will be set by the operators.
NYC also introduced regulations requiring new buildings to be provided with bike parking.
The car parking industry has two years to fully comply with the new laws.
Under its Transport Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, New York is taking massive steps to advance the level of bike riding in the metropolis.
Such a smart City making more smart decisions to futher itself as a metropolis with the future in mind. Melbourne is trying and making little changes here and there but NYC is making changes in leaps and bounds while we’re still pussy footing around.