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Bike Commuting

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Cities are pouring millions of dollars into making safe bike lanes to enable more of us to use a bicycle for transportation. But there's an underappreciated barrier for many people -- there's no safe place to store their bike at home. This can be a huge problem for millions of people who live in smaller apartments and flats where bike parking wasn't considered when it was built, and for millions of people in newer buildings where expensive car parking is often mandated but storage for bikes is not considered at all.

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[–] 7eter@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago

That's so important! In Germany there even are laws that a house must have a garage for cars.

Nothing similar for bikes.

Even worse - you are not allowed to use that garage for something different than a car!

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I love the idea of a gated off area for bicycles in buildings and have heard soo many stories of bicycles being stolen from these areas. I think if my buildling had gated bike parking, I'd still walk it up the stairs because I am paranoid.

[–] arcticpiecitylights@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Wish my apartment had bike parking tbh