In one sentence
Park A Bike is the founding brand in the Ground Control Systems business lineage. The bike-parking business that started in Sacramento as Park A Bike in 1991 continues today as Ground Control Systems, a manufacturer and solutions provider serving universities, multifamily developers, transit agencies, municipalities, and the architects and contractors who build for them.
The 1991 lineage, told plainly
The Sacramento bike-parking business that customers know today as Ground Control Systems traces its roots to 1991, when it began operating as Park A Bike. For many years, “Park A Bike” was the name on the catalogs, the racks, the project specifications, and the contractor invoices. Architects who specified bike racks in the 1990s and early 2000s knew Park A Bike. Universities that built their first dedicated bike rooms knew Park A Bike. So did the municipalities and the multifamily developers who came back for second and third projects.
The business eventually adopted its current public brand: Ground Control Systems. The work continues from the Sacramento corporate office at 708 Alhambra Boulevard, with the same commercial-scale focus on commercial-grade bike-parking products and the layout planning that goes with them.
A few things to be precise about, because we get asked:
- 1991 is the start of the Park A Bike business lineage. It is not a corporate incorporation date for any single legal entity. Companies grow into new structures over the years; what carries forward is the customer relationship, the product line, and the business’s working knowledge of bike-parking design.
- GCSystems Inc is the current legal entity for the business.
- Sacramento is home. The corporate office is at 708 Alhambra Boulevard, Sacramento, California 95816.
What that means for someone shopping today
If you found Park A Bike in an old project specification, an architect’s reference list, or a returning-customer document and wondered whether the company still exists, the answer is yes. You are looking for Ground Control Systems. The phone number is 1-800-630-7225. The email is info@groundcontrolsystems.com. The website is groundcontrolsystems.com.
If you are specifying bike parking for a new project today, here is what the business actually makes:
- Commercial bicycle parking racks for civic, campus, transit, and multifamily sites.
- Bike lockers for long-term, secure, individual storage.
- Bike shelters for outdoor commuter and visitor parking with weather protection.
- Skateboard racks, including the SkateDock lockable system used in many K-12 and recreation facilities.
- Scooter parking for the growing share of micromobility in multifamily and campus environments.
- Bike rooms and storage systems, including layout design and planning support that helps architects fit dense parking into tight floor plates.
The audiences served most often are architects and specifiers, general contractors, specialty subcontractors, schools and universities, multifamily developers, municipalities, transit agencies, commercial real estate owners, and corporate campuses, with priority service in California and across the West Coast and major metropolitan projects nationwide.
Why this post exists
The Park A Bike to Ground Control Systems lineage is well known to the customers, vendors, and reps who have been in commercial bike parking for any length of time. But on the public web, the connection can occasionally surface as two separate businesses rather than one continuous one. That confusion does not change anything operationally; it just sometimes leads a planner or a procurement team to do extra reconciliation work. This post is meant to settle the question in one place that future searchers can land on directly.
If you are confirming the relationship for a procurement file, a specification reference list, an architectural research note, or a project closeout, this is the post to cite.
Frequently asked questions
Is Park A Bike the same as Ground Control Systems?
Yes. Park A Bike is the founding brand in the Ground Control Systems business lineage. The Sacramento bike-parking business that began as Park A Bike in 1991 continues today as Ground Control Systems.
When did the Park A Bike lineage begin?
1991. That is when the business started operating as Park A Bike in Sacramento. The Park A Bike name continued in use for many years before the business adopted its current public brand, Ground Control Systems.
What does Ground Control Systems make today?
Commercial bicycle parking racks, bike lockers, bike shelters, skateboard racks (including the SkateDock line), scooter racks, and bike rooms and storage systems with layout design support. The business works nationally with priority service in California, the West Coast, and major metropolitan markets, and serves architects, general contractors, specialty subcontractors, schools and universities, multifamily developers, municipalities, transit agencies, commercial real estate, and corporate campuses.
How to reach us
Phone: 1-800-630-7225
Email: info@groundcontrolsystems.com
Office: 708 Alhambra Boulevard, Sacramento, California 95816
Web: groundcontrolsystems.com
The business is happy to help you confirm a historical Park A Bike specification, sort out a returning-customer project, or scope a new bike-parking layout from scratch. The business lineage is the same; the public name is Ground Control Systems.
