Inadequate/no bike parking@big public bldgs.

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Covered bike parking? Again, in my car, I don't have the luxury of covered parking (although I did see a grocery in Scottsdale that had that). What about cyclists makes them more important as a customer that they would rate covered parking? Or to park near the door?

Putting a bike rack on the massive sidewalk in front of the Wal-Mart Supercenter wouldn't be much of an inconvenience for Wal-Mart. But it might as well be in the parking lot, next to the reserved spots, for all the convenience it would be for the cyclists.

Karen

Earlier in the thread, I merely said near the door/entrance of the store in a safe location.

As for covered bike parking, would be nice but of course it's not realistic for every type of building design space area. Cyclists rating as more important as customer? .....already alot of real estate is devoted for car parking at shopping malls, big grocery stores. Some rethinking for shopping mall/big store owners: 1 car parking space can hold several bikes. Hence, it's a small investment to draw in more customers to place racks not far from an entrance.

Space and location for some bike parking spaces in a logical, safe place is not asking much in the bigger scheme of a shopping mall development. At this point in North American cycling culture history, it's not alot of bike racks that are installed. We are very behind compared to some European countries with bike parking "buildings" and other configurations.

Last night I went to a public panel discussion on bike parking. That's where my head wheels got inspired for this thread.
http://justagwailo.com/2009/06/26/park-this