Bicycle Parking Racks

 

Bollard bike racks installed at the Westfield Century City Mall in Los Angeles, CA

Bollard bike racks continue to gain in popularity with municipalities and retailers because of the dual purpose they provide.

One purpose is obviously for bicycle parking. These hardy metal outdoor bike racks are perfect for the outdoors.

When it comes to weather-resistant finishes, several options are available.

Managers can choose a galvanized, hot-dipped finish that keeps the steel free from rust and corrosion.

The McHenry County College added a custom bike rack to their campus to promote bicycle commuting over car driving

There's a quiet movement taking place on college campuses across the US that will have a tremendous impact on changing attitudes in the future about our planet's resources.

That movement involves the creation of sustainability departments on nearly every college campus these past 10 years and their efforts to implement and promote best practices to reduce our impact on the Earth.

Sustainability, according to a definition created by the United Nations and adopted by many organizations is basically: "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs."

In other words, don't grab up resources today so there's nothing left for our children tomorrow.

Some of the ways that colleges accomplish this is by focusing on activities such as:

Constructing "green" buildings

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Bike parking rack designed for college campuses

When thousands of students bicycle on a college campus every day, as you can imagine, providing an adequate bike parking rack for each one can be a challenge.

The scale architects and planners face is just enormous. These are not a dozen bicyclists pedaling to classes. We're talking tens of thousands.

For example, at the University of California, Davis, there are approximately 20,000 bicycles on campus on any given day. (That's because the university and the town is probably the most bicycle-friendly place in America).

That's not an anomaly. When you think of the number of students enrolled at universities, the volume of cyclists is massive.

Colorado State University has 23,600 registered bicycles. More than 13,000 students bicycle on the Stanford University campus every day. The University of Minnesota

Advances in commercial bike rack laser cutting technology make it easy for towns or businesses to add unique bike racks with their own message or logo

Artistic commercial bike racks that double as works of art are breathing new life into city landscapes across America and with the technology available today, there are few limits to what you can create with your imagination.

With new advances in bicycle parking technology, you can literally create any type of design you want, either in the form of artistic bike racks in an interesting shape or  custom bike racks which use lasers to cut basically any type of image into a metal plate.

Here are some simple ideas to consider. But as we said, there are few limits on the type of unique bike racks y