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Thanks Traffic and Parking!

Does anyone know if the indoor bike storage described in this Yale Daily News article is available yet to people who work/have studios at Rudolph Hall? http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/feb/03/worth-its-weight-in-gold/

I agree. I've suggested that the city look at something like this - which can accommodate more bikes, and will also leave the sidewalk areas for pedestrians. It is simple math - remove 1 space of parking for 1 driver, and have space for 20+ bikes. I hope you'll support the idea!

There is already a bike rack for about 20 bikes, right in front of the school, however, this pic does not show that. I'm guessing that rack is completely filled with bikes. It seems like it is always filled with bikes. What the pic does show are bikes locked to meters, which is good because cyclists can lock bikes to meters in New Haven ( the one expception being handicap meters). From what I understand, Yale erected the bike rack here and the city is allowing bikes to be locked to meters. If addtional bike parking is requested, why should a bike corral be the answer? There is plenty of space here to add bike racks on the sidewalk, on both sides of the street, whether Yale or the city installs them is really not the issue but I don't think this would be a good place for a bike corral - I think there are other, more needed areas for a bike corral, where sidewalk width is too narrow for addtional bike racks but addtional bike parking would be a benefit due to a higher density of locked bikes.

To my 2 Cents: I am an advocate for bikes AND pedestrians. I personally would rather the city take one parking space for bikes than to junk up sidewalks with bikes - they take up space and I would rather see pedestrians have use of the sidewalks.

The city and Yale also need to make sure to follow the city recommendations for bike racks. If you visit the page you'll see that the continuous S shaped racks are not ideal, as they are not wide enough for two bikes to go in every space. Compliance and use of U shaped racks will help to make the racks we have best able to accommodate the highest number of bikes.

I will say I've been most surprised to see people get so irritated at the thought of loosing just one parking space for a car. Remember, more bikes mean less car traffic! And, more bikes also mean more possible shoppers for any of the nearby businesses.

Bike corrals are a great fix - but they do take a paradigm shift.

@oregonbike,
I'm all for bike corrals., I just think that it makes more immediate sense to put them on-street due to available sidewalk width constraints. I definitely think adding bike corrals in the city by taking up parking spaces is a good idea. But if the community tries to convince the city to take a big bite out of the idea and "sacracfice" a parking space in an area where there is plenty of room on the sidewalk, it just won't happen. Take up your cause in a spot where sidewalk width is too narrow for bike racks. How about High St. between Chapel & Crown. If you want to bolster the paradigm shift that is already taking place in New Haven, (more sharrows, bike racks and bike lanes in the city over the past three years than at any other time in New Haven history!) then push for a corral here or in a comparible location. Once one gets installed in a spot or two that clearly needs a corral, it will pave the way for addtional corrals in areas where sidewalk width is wide. And the city will at that point, after seeing the added value bike corrals bring to the community, expand their planning- to be more in line with your current thinking.

It's been three years since this request was posted and AFAIK no new racks have been added to this location. The large bike rack that was installed by Yale as part of the School of Architecture renovation is often filled to capacity; as an architecture student I frequently can't find a place to lock my bike at the School's own rack.

I'd request Yale to install a large capacity bike rack directly across the street. There is plenty of room on the sloping section of Yale property paved with cobble stones. Why don't you contact Yale Transportation Options.

The bike racks are very crowded still and students are locking bikes to trees. This could be a good spot for the city's first "bike corral." (see image from a small town in Missouri)

Bike Corral ordered for this summer

Thanks for fixing this issue!