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The Guide to Bike Rooms from The Park and Facilities Catalog is a handy overview on how to create an attractive indoor bike storage area.

Why create a bike room in an apartment or office building?

According to a recent survey of people in the multi-family construction business, right now bike rooms are a hot amenity.

Multifamily Design and Construction recently surveyed architects, developers, property owners, and contractors to determine their take on amenities.

As you might know, providing cool, appealing new amenities is a popular trend right now

Wall-mounted bike racks and freestanding bike racks are more popular than ever as an option to provide secure bike rooms for residents of apartment buildings.

The Grande at Metro Park in Iselin, NJ recently created some very efficient indoor parking for its residents.

But first, let's talk about this luxury apartment building and its many amenities.

This is one very appealing place to live.

The building provides spacious 1, 2, and 2 bedroom plus apartments with an array of features. They include quartz kitchen countertops, private patios, Juliet balconies or full balconies, full-size gas washers and dryers, hotel-style card access, exterior vented kitchen exhaust, pantry closets, nine-foot ceiling and the top floor lofts with vaulted ceilings and skylights.

The

Space-saving wall-mounted bike rack

Wall-mounted bike racks for buildings are unique in that they need to be manufactured with a minimal design to accommodate space constraints.

Square footage is at a premium in apartments buildings, office buildings, hotels, and even parking garages.

When adding indoor bicycle storage, it's smart to use wall space…and go vertical.

Here are some options:

Wall-mounted bike racks take up less space but keep bikes secure

Bike Hook with Loop Lock - This unique commercial bike rack is made with steel with a black powder-coat finish.

The wall-mounted bike rack can easily be installed into a concrete wall, concrete blocks or wood. Use either drop-in anchors, drive-in

Bike rooms with vertical wall mount bike racks can save space and prevent bicycle clutte

By Gerald Dlubala

The simple aesthetics of an organized bike room or bike storage space laid out with an attractive, space saving, wall mount bike rack should be enough to provide adequate bicycle parking.

But when you add in zoning laws, bike room standards, tight spaces and other challenges for planners and designers, these vertical bike racks are now the must, go-to solution for commercial use in apartment settings, multi-unit housing complexes, and business offices.

The Future of Bike Rooms Is Now

Design flexibility and planning compatibility are points that should not be overlooked, because

Bike commuter - cities are trying to find ways to accommodate and encourage this form of transportation over automobiles and mass transit

By Gerald Dlubala

"The increased number of bike users is very encouraging, given the less than ideal, and sometimes downright dangerous conditions, having to compete with extremely heavy motor vehicle traffic. But given the opportunity, people will take to the streets by bicycle."

That's the findings of a recent study, (October 2015), performed by Transportation Alternatives, a street safety advocacy group in New York.

Their study echoes many of the studies performed in major metropolitan areas on the topic of bicycle and pedestrian traffic, generally showing that the public has definite interest in bicycle