Chapter 13 Recommendations

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AGENCIES

Mayor's Office

Issue executive order requiring all city-run garages to install bicycle racks providing free parking. Publicize existence of these racks.

Issue executive order mandating bicycle access to all City-owned buildings. Where city leases office space, renegotiate leases to achieve bicycle access.

Departments of Transportation and Consumer Affairs

LEGISLATIVE

New York City

Enact the following measures in a phased approach:

• Require all new and renovating buildings to set aside indoor space for bicycle parking.
• Require all commercially zoned buildings to allow tenant- and employee-owned bicycles indoors, unless building managers can demonstrate that bicycles constitute a hazard, or prove other extenuating circumstances.

PRIVATE SECTOR

Trade associations such as BOMA (Building Owners & Managers Association of Greater NY) should take a proactive role to provide and encourage office-building bike access. As a first step, BOMA should create a joint committee with cycle commuters and advocates to exchange information and develop proposals.

Create indoor bicycle parking in office buildings as close to the workplace as possible (much as one would create a coat closet), by installing bicycle storage areas in car garages, basements or other underutilized spaces.

Where elevator access isn't feasible, install indoor racks in or easily accessible to lobbies or other public spaces. Where not possible, install sheltered outdoor racks within view of security guards.