Cycle parking in London

oh you know, 'damage' to the ancient old railing, taking up spaces, health and safety reason and all that.

A lot of railings are made of cast iron and they shatter if smacked with a big hammer. They should probably write that on any signs mind you ('don't leave your bike here because it's insecure' rather than the usual legalese that gets written)

(I don't really agree with this, but I suppose its a vaguely valid reason)

Ed - assume there's no way you'd be allowed to but a bike hanger in the hall?

I think this is a bit of guerilla bike park. Wasn't there yesterday and doesn't seem permanent. Nonetheless. Bike park. Built in pump. Lower Marsh

I suspect that this has indeed been commissioned by LB Lambeth from CycleHoops, Tony Lau's company, and is permanent. He first had these on display at last year's Nocturne.

Loving Lambeths work..

need more of those, too many railings now carry, will remove bike signs, making it more and more difficult to lock the bike close to where you are, rather than having to search round a corner...

Not only that, we've also kicked off a lot of railing removals. :)

But yes, there is more and more cycle parking being created in the carriageway, as above. We had a meeting just today about potential sites in Hackney.

Re car shaped bike rack post above, thanks to anpyp.. Seems it is temporary..

http://www.cyclehoop.com/features/1-car-space-10-bicycles/

Ah, thanks, Malcolm. It is indeed a trial before something like it is installed permanently.

That's the excellent Richard Ambler, Lambeth's Cycling Officer, on the stand sculpture car-shaped metal frame there behind Tony Lau.

This is excellent, loved it, does show just how much space a car take.

Free cycle stands available from TfL:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/businessandpartners/22897.aspx

Up to 20 cycle stands (or space for 40 bikes) free of charge to London-based organisations with five employees or more.

That's fantastic.

Now let hope they can get rid of those ridiculous "don't lock bike here" signage that plagued London.

Skully, someone did that and actually look a lots of furniture to street furniture that stated bicycle is not allowed, I think that was in Spain (googling as we speak).

I agree, bike locking in the west end is awful, I end up having to get a huge D-lock to compensate for the large old style lamp post.

what bother me the most is that they allowed cars to park (well at certain time of day and vehicles), but bicycles are very much an alien concept to them.

Especially now all the railings have gone outside Oxford Circus, there's nothing to lock to around there.
There's a few stands at the top of Carnaby St, by the O'Neills and Liberty, and there's always bikes locked up on the railings around the public toilets there despite the warning signs.

Soho in general is a nightmare for parking, a couple of stands at the bottom of Wardour St and on Broadwick St by the John Snow but not much else.

Luckily I work on Coventry St, so usually leave my bike in work if I'm gonna be around there.

The next step is taking your bike with you, only to have to deal with the Nigerian 'secrity', rent-a-guard, obtuse types.

Cycle parking during the Games: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/25044.aspx

Numbers 3/4/5/6/7/8 are all being manned 7am-1pm every day, so there will be someone to watch over your bike = extra safe. Ill be working at the Canada gate one most days.

Cyclehoops are organising it

Does know of anywhere secure to lock up daily near Farringdon?

I've been looking for a map of places to lock up bikes around London, does anyone know of one? Fed up with having to wander around looking for a good place to lock my bike.

erm.....utfs: http://www.lfgss.com/thread59184.html

These figures are not just for London, but most of the hangars are in London:

Figures obtained by the PA news agency revealed that demand for on-street bike hangars – secure, covered spaces for residents to park their bikes – massively outstrips supply.

There are just 20,000 hangar spaces, with more than 51,000 people on waiting lists.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/bike-storage-councils-parking-hangar-uk-b960966.html

http://www.ealingcycling.org.uk/2022/06/park-your-bike-for-70p-per-month.html

"On 18 May, Ealing Council cabinet voted to reduce the price of cycle parking in cycle hangars from £6 per month (£72 per year) to 70p per month (£8.40 per year). It makes Ealing's hangar parking the cheapest in London. The council also pledged to install another 104 hangars to bring the total up to 150."

"For the first time it will be cheaper to park a bicycle on Ealing's roads than a car." says it all really.

Around 1,000 people are waiting for a space in a bike hangar in Ealing. The promised hangars will provide 624 new parking spaces, so will fail to meet the current demand. In contrast, the mayor of Hackney has committed to deliver and end the waiting list for cycle hangers in Hackney during his Mayoral term, which means providing over 6,000 spaces.*

The main reason there are so few cycle parking spaces in Ealing, is that it costs the council a lot more to install a bike hangar than a car parking space. Costs include preparing technical drawings, carrying out a public consultation, and buying and installing the hangar. These can add up to between £3,000 and £3,500 per hangar.* By reducing the price it charges, Ealing is reducing the income it could invest in new hangars. In the long term, we would like to see a change in the law to make it cheaper and quicker for councils to install bike hangars on the street. We would also like to see the council provide spaces for all-ability cycles and cargo bikes that carry children.

Any ideas for secure bike parking near kings cross? It will be for four days as I’m travelling out of the city on the tube strike day

Drop it into an evans cycle in kings cross for a small repair job and collect it on your return

Smart!