Bicycle Parking Racks

Vertical bicycle racks wall mounted at Ten Penn Center in Philadelphia

Vertical bicycle racks have become a more popular addition to buildings across the country as people prefer to bike to work and want extra protection for their expensive bicycles.

Take Ten Penn Center on Market Street in Philadelphia.

Penn Center is a prestigious retail and office complex in the heart of Philadelphia's business district. The buildings between 15th and 19th street provide nearly five million square feet in office and retail space.

At Ten Penn Center, General Manager Henry Glover recently had vertical bicycle racks from the Park and Facilities Catalog installed in a designated

Commercial bike racks are becoming a more important part of the landscape as the number of bike commuters has increased 46% nationwide from 2005 to 2013 and more than 100% in several major cities

Commercial bike racks vary in shape and size but are basically designed for two types of classes - long-term and short-term parking. Both of those classes involve bicycle security.

It's important to know how your location applies to those bicycle parking classifications.

But here's probably the most important factor to consider - bike thefts.

Bicycle thefts are on the rise across the country. The FBI says more than 200,000 bike

This week is National Bike to Work Week. Here are some tips on how to prepare for a commute by bike

National Bike to Work Week started May 14 and if it's been said once, it's been said a thousand times: Driving to work does absolutely nothing for the betterment of your health.

For many commuters, the morning and evening commute can eat literal hours out of the day with no tangible benefits beyond having some time to one's self to catch up with a radio station or audiobook.

Comparatively, biking to work is a solid addition to a workout routine that boosts cardiovascular strength, helps tone your legs and even gets you out of your car to enjoy the world around you for a while.

If you already have a bike and a helmet ready to roll out tomorrow morning or even if you're not sure if a bike commute is feasible, it might behoove you to know

This is National Bike Month 2018 and a great time to reflect on the benefits of bicycling as far as health, the environment, and return on investment for investing in bike infrastructure such as bike lanes and adding more outdoor bicycle racks. These numbers will get your wheels spinning: A Huge Group of Citizens are Bicyclists: Number of people who bicycled in the US in 2016 - 45.9 million. Seniors are Hopping on their Bikes More Often: Some people are saying, "Bicycling is the new Golf." Big Trend: Bike Trips have Doubled: From 1990 to 2009, the number of bike trips in the US doubled from 1.8 to 4 billion per year. Want to

Bike rooms, like this one at Mississippi State University, are a great strategy to encourage more bicycling than driving on campus

There are ordinary bike rooms and then there are outstanding, spacious bike rooms.

You'll find the latter in the Old Main Academic Center on the campus of Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS.

The Park and Facilities Catalog recently supplied 24 "Horseshoe" metal bicycle parking racks to an indoor bike room designed by Belinda Stewart Architects.

The entire space promotes "cycling." On a large wall in the back of the bike room, there is a huge mural of yellow bike