{"id":451,"date":"2018-06-06T19:02:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T19:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groundcontrolsystems.com\/blog\/?p=451"},"modified":"2021-11-28T04:38:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T12:38:03","slug":"bike-ways-and-bike-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groundcontrolsystems.com\/bike-ways-and-bike-rooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Ways Bike Rooms Complement Bikeways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.6.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text ul_position=”inside” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” ul_font=”||||||||” header_2_font_size=”23px” header_3_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_font_size_tablet=”” header_2_font_size_phone=”23px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Places are\u00a0sculpted by how people move through them. A growing number of communities are choosing to bicycle. Each\u00a0community that uses bicycle transportation is supported\u00a0by roads that allow them to ride safely. As an\u00a0initiative, many cities\u00a0plan ways to accommodate this sustainable and growing form of moving around. Cities do this by building throughways for bicyclist. Now cities are changing and we see that next\u00a0buildings will also grow with the inclusion of bike rooms.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

With many more people using bikes to get to work, home, and everywhere in between, many are left to wonder where to leave their\u00a0bikes securely.\u00a0What is the best way to secure occupant bicycles while they shop, stay, and work?\u00a0Bike riders look for the complete-end-to-end solution in order to fulfill their commuting goals<\/strong>. Bike rooms are a building\u2019s compliment to bikeways. Any hub for living, learning, consuming or working can contain a parking hub complete all transitions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bike Lanes & Bikeways<\/span><\/h2>\n

There are many paths cycling takes. The prominence of bike routes can be shown in\u00a0this heat-map of bicycle activity across the U.S. Today<\/a>, each of the cities sees bikes as an important key to their transportation systems. This is because bikes connect people to the places they want and need to be. That means commutes between work offices and marketplaces, to trains and to busses, as leisure and as exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cities set up biking paths in two ways: bike lanes and bikeways. The former is a smaller lane, designated for bikes, built along the side of roads. However, bikeways exist independent of car traffic. They may have physical separation from car roads and deviate from city roads as seen in UC San Diego\u2019s new Mesa Nueva graduate housing complexes. The connection between central campus to this new housing project is strengthened by a bridge superstructure. What makes this bridge especially unique is its exclusive accommodation of bike and pedestrian traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many cities are breaking ground and celebrating the opening of new bikeways. Sacramento recently had a big ribbon cutting for their safe bikeways project.<\/span><\/p>\n

So far, we\u2019ve only seen the use of these bikeways by regular cyclists. Now bike shares are becoming the norm for many large and small metropolitan cities. Making bikes work for people has two important steps. Bikes need to be a safe option on the road. The second step is the ability to secure a bicycle while not in use. Residents and students look up to the respective property managers and schools to accommodate their parking needs. The best solution for many property managers is to understand how bike rooms work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bike Rooms<\/span><\/h2>\n

The solution for architects is to provide an adequate means of securing bicycles once cyclists arrive at their destination. Instead of paths and roadways, this means bike lots and bike rooms. So what are they? They\u2019re collections of bike racks, customized to fit into any room, any area, and maximize the bikes per square foot.\u00a0This is done with intelligent racks<\/a>\u00a0that deploy a variety of engineering designs that offsets bikes, fitting them closer together, allow them to be configurable in any number, while still maintaining the high security locking that commuters of all types will need. (the best bike rooms keep user-friendliness in mind).<\/span><\/p>\n

The next generation of city planners and architects will need to understand bike rooms. They will be needed to meet the needs of sustainable communities. Building bike rooms are an investment for 5 key reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n