Bike Parking Experience 1: Bikestation/Bike Port, Seattle, WA
1) Does your municipality have any type of public bicycle facility?
Yes.

2) Where is this?
Seattle, in Pioneer Square. It used to be a Bikestation location, but has recently changed to Bike Port. The Bicycle Alliance of Washington administrates it: http://www.bicyclealliance.org/aboutbaw/bikeport.html

3) Briefly describe the municipality's demographics.
Errr... fairly large and with a very active bicycling population.

4) What is your experience with the facility?
I actually work in the back room there. Ohhhh, you meant using it? They have a swipe card to get in for 24-hour access. The racks are a little difficult to use, as you have to do some lifting to get them in the upper spots, and there's a trick to getting them to lock in place and not whack you in the face. However, it also has lockers and a bathroom for changing (no shower). Also there's a bike shop in part of the space and it's open from 9 - 5. I've been very satisfied with it and I feel secure leaving my bike locked up there.

Bike Parking Experience 2: Commuter Connection, Bellevue, WA
1) Does your municipality have any type of public bicycle facility?
Yes.

2) Where is this?
In the Bellevue Transit Center: http://www.chooseyourwaybellevue.org...connection.php

3) Briefly describe the municipality's demographics.
Medium-sized city but not particularly heavy on the bicyclists. This isn't a a very big bike parking facility, and it's never filled up when I've used it.

4) What is your experience with the facility?
They too have a swipe card to get in for 24-hour access. They're different racks, where you hang your bike by one wheel, and for some reason I have a hard time with that. So maybe it's just my ineptitude for all bike storage methods speaking there. Anyway, they have a bicycle mechanic come in once a week and set up there, but otherwise it's only staffed for 2 hours per day. They have a bathroom for changing and small locking baskets that fit a helmet or a pair of shoes, but no showers or lockers lockers. Because it's inside with card-key access only, I feel safe leaving my bike locked up there during the workday.

I have contact info for people at Bike Port Seattle and Bellevue Commuter Connection if you'd like.