Bike corrals are coming back to Old Strathcona and the 124th Street shopping district March 31, seven weeks earlier than last year.
The city is setting up the bike corrals now in response to citizens who wanted to see on-street bike parking facilities out much earlier in the year. Maintenance crews are spot cleaning bike corral locations in advance of full spring street sweeping, allowing the corrals to be installed sooner.
Bike corrals are installed in on-street parking stalls. They can accommodate up to 16 bikes in the same space taken up by one vehicle. They help create a more pedestrian-friendly environment in busy locations and increase outdoor seating space for restaurants by removing locked bikes from sidewalks.
The city’s bike parking pilot program is designed to create a more bike-friendly environment and to encourage the use of sustainable transportation for travel to high density areas.
