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According to Bike Pittsburgh (Bike PGH), “Pittsburgh City Council unanimously passed the Bike Parking Ordinance this week.  The ordinance is an amendment to the zoning code that requires all new and “change-in-use” buildings to install bicycle parking, just like they already must do for cars.  There is also an incentive component to the ordinance, whereby a developer can replace up to 30% of their car parking requirement with bicycle parking. Basically, it makes sure that bikes are considered during the planning process, instead of trying to retrofit for them afterward.

Councilman Patrick Dowd connected the dots and discussed how this ordinance is just a piece of the broader concept of what ‘we really have to do’ to turn Pittsburgh into a bicycle-friendly city.  He cited the four-E’s commitment from the city: enforcement, education, economic incentives, and engineering.”

For over two years, BikePGH has been working on this measure, with the planning department and the mayor’s bike/ped coordinator, researching best practices from other cities, getting input from architects and developers in order to get this piece of code written, and encouraging cyclists and other members of the public to participate in the process. This is a big win for BikePGH and a milestone for bicycling in the city of Pittsburgh. 

To view the full ordinance and find out more about BikePGH click here.

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) coordinated the successful America Bikes to the Inauguration effort in conjunction with the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama. According to WABA’s Executive Director, Eric Gilliland, “We parked 2,040 bikes which, to my knowledge, is the most ever valet parked in one day in the US.  We didn’t lose a single bike and the one helmet that went missing was eventually found.” Everyone who parked a bike received a commemorative spoke card.

To view photos from this historic effort visit http://flickr.com/photos/waba/sets/72157612778271825/