17 February 2010

Lack of bike parking in Shard-like towers? No problem


London's provision of bike parking - both onstreet and in residential housing - is pretty bad.

Richard Peace pointed out in a recent BikeRadar article that the Shard, the showpiece tower currently under construction near London Bridge, will provide a pathetic 250 bike spaces for its 6,500 inhabitants.

No doubt, at its planned height of over a thousand feet, the Shard is just too tall and thin for conventional cycle parking. So maybe an innovative solution is called for: the residents could change their model of bike to suit the shape of the space available, like the cyclist here.

2 comments:

  1. Perhaps they need one of those Japanese vertical cycle bike tree parking systems up the middle of the building. See You Tube: Bike Tree - cycle parking Japanese style.

    Adam

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  2. I have been interested in this show piece building since its inception in the late 90's. I have not been to London Bridge for several years now so I didn't realise that the project was actually under construction. I shall be making a detour to see the progress at an early opportunity.

    To be quite honest to think they have provided any cycle parking is a bonus in my view.

    TyT

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