Flexible Bike Parking: New Ways of Thinking Bicycle Racks

Bürbaumer, Magdalena and Zeitelhofer, Christian and Berger, Martin and Wöss, Christoph and Stawecka, Gosia and Brugner, Paul and Gürtl, Karlheinz (2021) Flexible Bike Parking: New Ways of Thinking Bicycle Racks. CITIES 20.50 – Creating Habitats for the 3rd Millennium: Smart – Sustainable – Climate Neutral. Proceedings of REAL CORP 2021, 26th International Conference on Urban Development, Regional Planning and Information Society. pp. 1155-1160. ISSN 2521-3938

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Abstract

With the steadily increasing number of cyclists in Austrian urban agglomerations over the past decade, the gaps and deficiencies in the cycling infrastructure also becomes more visible, especially parking problems with bicycles. The DrückMichi project focuses on an expansion of the usage of existing car parking lots on streets towards an equal access for bicycles. Therefore, an idea competition was organized in spring 2020; the general public was invited to submit their ideas, which resulted in a multitude of approaches and ways to conceptualize flexible bicycle racks. A new type of bike rack – which is flexible in its usage as it can be pulled into the parking space whenever needed – enables bicycles to be parked on car parking lots, primarily dominated by motorized vehicles. The outcome of the contest shows that bicycle racks can be thought and designed differently to the classic, omnipresent models such as the Wiener Bügel. This paper provides an overview of some of the submitted ideas of the competition and thus aspires to inspire and motivate to rethink bicycle parking. This project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) as part of the “Mobility of the Future” program. Funding is handled by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	In this regard, we would like to thank the Graz Holding and the Regional Hospital (LKH) Graz, for providing a testing space on their premises for the prototypes. Furthermore, we would like to thank everyone again for their submitted ideas, who have not only invested valuable time and know-how in this tender, but are also the driving forces for changes in public space. DrückMichi is funded by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) and Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) as part of the “Mobility of the Future” program.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	climate neutrality, shared parking spaces , bicycle rack, flexible bike parking, mobility
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications H Social Sciences > HM Sociology T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Depositing User:	REAL CORP Administrator
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2021 15:04
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2021 18:01
URI:	http://repository.corp.at/id/eprint/842

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