Cycle and Motorcycle Parking
Cycle and motorcycle parking often causes problems in new developments, but it is very easy to get to get right. Like all physical facilities, it should be included in detail in site drawings so Somerset County Council can ensure that the measures being introduced will be effective - in the right location, easy-to-use and of the appropriate quantity.
We have set out some guidance below, with checklists and detail. This covers spacing and types of cycle parking for different land-uses, including residential developments where having somewhere for all householders to store cycles is a principal requirement. Examples are also provided.
General guidance:
- Cycles, motorcycles and cars - Manual for Travel Plans [pdf, 1.15MB]
- Cycle and Motorcycle Parking Checklist - Manual for Travel Plans[pdf, 94.11KB]
- Motorcycle and cycle parking - Somerset Travel Planning Guidance [pdf, 79KB]
Employment sites:
- BREEAM cycle standards 2009 for employment uses. Transport is covered on p223-283, with cycle parking p253-259. Also provides guidance on lockers, showers, changing and drying spaces
- Sustrans cycle parking information sheet
Residential sites:
- Cycle Parking Guide for New Residential Developments - Cambridge City Council. Pages 28-30 contain useful dimensions for garages and sheds
- New Homes 2010 - Secured by Design. Whilst much of the approach in this document in appropriate for promoting sustainable travel (for example reducing permeability within developments), it does contain some useful guidance on storing cycles securely within sheds and back gardens
- Code for Sustainable Homes Technical Manual 2009 - p89-93 cover residential cycle parking and define what is meant by secure and convenient
- PRESTO Residential Cycle Parking Information Sheet - [795KB]
Examples
The following are examples of site plans and facilities in Somerset from existing developments and elsewhere. Good and bad examples are included for the purposes of illustration.
Good examples for businesses:
- Strode College [jpeg, 42KB] - good covered facility
- Blackbrook Business Park [jpeg, 160KB] - good covered facility (though perhaps not in the most accessible location for cyclists)
- Morrisons Pack House, Bridgwater [pdf, 151KB] - site plan from travel plan showing motorcycle and covered cycle spacing
- University College, Yeovil [jpeg, 179KB] - fully-enclosed facility
- Minehead Hospital [jpeg, 24KB] - plans for semi-sheltered facility
- Edinburgh University [jpeg, 145KB] - large scale fully-enclosed swipe card operated compound
- Morrisons Regional Distribution Centre [jpeg, 33KB] - large scale covered and lit cycle parking at 1.2m spacing [jpeg, 35KB] with shelters in corporate colours and separate shelters for motorcycles [jpeg, 28KB] with locking rails [jpeg, 30KB] provided
Good examples for residential developments:
- Proposals in Chilton Trinity, Bridgwater [pdf, 636KB] - elevations for fully enclosed room in large house
- Massingham Park, Taunton [jpeg, 136KB] - fully enclosed shelter for apartment blocks; note requires careful management of access by residents for security, e.g. sharing of keys/codes
- Premier Court, Minehead [jpeg, 40KB] - Sheffield stands for visitors in overlooked location
- South Bridgwater [jpeg, 32KB] - covered Sheffield stands for residents in overlooked location
Poor examples for residential developments:
- Taunton [jpeg, 41KB] - open access and no security for frame of bike
- Taunton [jpeg, 156KB] - open access and no security for frame of bike
- Taunton [jpeg, 137KB] - sheltered but open access and no security for frame of bike
- Bridgwater [jpeg, 51KB] - balcony storage as no cycle parking provided
