tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post6026105970456031428..comments2024-03-19T10:54:26.547+00:00Comments on Real cycling: Shedding light on empty bike shedsRob Ainsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-18017044799705688732009-03-10T15:54:00.000+00:002009-03-10T15:54:00.000+00:00On which topic, see today's http://www.camcycle.or...On which topic, see today's http://www.camcycle.org.uk/map/location/16088/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-9208754265282517832009-03-10T10:38:00.000+00:002009-03-10T10:38:00.000+00:00Last time I had my bike at Tate Modern, I also par...Last time I had my bike at Tate Modern, I also parked on those railings. I simply assumed there was no bike parking when I couldn't immediately see it.<BR/><BR/>A rule of thumb: if you'd unfold your Brompton rather than carry it, it's too far.<BR/><BR/>This poses an interesting dilemma at Cambridge rail station, both for the existing and proposed bike parking. Currently there are about 700 spaces and well over 1,000 bikes parked regularly. In those circumstances your strategy changes I think: I go for the *farthest* racks because I know there's no point looking for a free rack closer to the station and it will save me time. If there's a space at all, that is. Many bikes are now parked attached to crash barriers 150m from the station entrance because there simply is nowhere nearer - no racks, no street furniture not already occupied.<BR/><BR/>Proposed is a 3,000 space multi-storey bike park. There are those who say the bike parking should be "right outside the entrance", but that simply isn't possible. You cannot accommodate 3,000 spaces at 1m2 each all withing 10m of the station door. Someone's going to have to walk the 50m from the far end of the park. But at least when they build it you know there will be a space, at least until all the suppressed demand wakes up and fills it. But it's going to be a Preston Guild(*) before they build it - especially as the recession has probably put the redevelopment back by years.<BR/><BR/><BR/>(*) a quaint unit of time, roughly equal to a Blue Moon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-61594698748368471422009-03-10T10:31:00.000+00:002009-03-10T10:31:00.000+00:00By a strange coincidence I was at Tate Modern last...By a strange coincidence I was at Tate Modern last week and parked my bike on the railings by the East entrance just as you did.<BR/><BR/>I was vaguely aware there were some Sheffield racks somewhere but didn't see the need to hunt for them given that there were those fine railing right by the entrance.<BR/><BR/>For me, a big attraction of those railings is that they are visible from all sides in the middle of an area of high pedestrian traffic, and so feel more secure than a bike shed that you evidently can't see from the entrance.Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228972852570724347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-13124500797955128802009-03-10T09:37:00.000+00:002009-03-10T09:37:00.000+00:00It may be operfectly clear to you how a bike works...It may be operfectly clear to you how a bike works, but it isn't to me - which is why the owner of my local bike shop is so rich!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com