Assessing the Potential for Bike Parking at Park-and-Ride Lots

This project examines the business case for implementing secure bike parking at park-andride lots in Metro Vancouver, and identifies a set of generalizable criteria for assessing the viability of secure bike parking at park-and-ride lots and other transit interchanges. There is growing evidence that combining cycling and transit can increase access to and use of both modes. Metro Vancouver’s transit agency, TransLink, like many transit agencies in North America already has a number of park-and-ride spaces. Many of these are in low-density suburban areas that are difficult to reach by walking, but cycling may be an option. This project benefits TransLink by providing a practical assessment of the business case for installing bike parking at its park-and-ride lots, providing site assessments for bike parking at Metro Vancouver park-and-ride lots and delivering a set of criteria for helping to plan bike parking at park-and-ride lots in the future.

Faculty Supervisor:

Lawrence Frank

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Partner:

TransLink

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

The University of British Columbia

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