Bike parking hub with facilities

A new option at a public transit hub in Tempe, Arizona (near Phoenix)... staffed by experienced cyclists, with showers, lockers, tools, etc etc. Sounds pretty neat. :D

http://www.azcentral.com/community/t...eopen0822.html

It's not in my area, but I'm still excited that something like this is opening in my state!

Do any of you use a facility like this elsewhere in the country/world? I find the semi-public nature of it sort of interesting--you need to be a member, but it seems like pretty much anyone who commutes by bike can join.

What a great idea!

And WRT membership, it looks like that's mainly for legal and security reasons (corporate structure, plus having a key after hours) since day passes are available for the hours that the facility is staffed.

Oh, wow. Mixed feelings here. So proud my former hometown has done this. I was just telling a friend all of the great classes my kids did at the community center there.
But, I can't imagine riding in those temperatures, even for a short commute. And the traffic. A stoplight every 1/2 a mile in every direction, for hundreds of miles.
And we've been fighting about a multi use path for about 20 years around here...

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Originally Posted by OakLeaf

And WRT membership, it looks like that's mainly for legal and security reasons (corporate structure, plus having a key after hours) since day passes are available for the hours that the facility is staffed.

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Yeah, it makes sense--makes sure that only the people who belong are in there, and that they're able to use the funds to effectively maintain the facilities for those folks.

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Originally Posted by Crankin

Oh, wow. Mixed feelings here. So proud my former hometown has done this. I was just telling a friend all of the great classes my kids did at the community center there.
But, I can't imagine riding in those temperatures, even for a short commute. And the traffic. A stoplight every 1/2 a mile in every direction, for hundreds of miles.

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My aunt/uncle and cousins used to live in Tempe too. :)

I moved to Tucson a year ago from Wisconsin, and I'm finding the riding in the heat not as bad as I thought it would be. Granted, it's often a few degrees cooler here than up in Phx, and my commute is short, but the other day I biked the 3ish miles home in a sunny 101F and would have been fine to keep going. Knowing there was air conditioning and a shower waiting at the other end helped... but that's the beauty of the parking hub, too, no? :)