Eyes on the Street: German Bike Parking
Copenhagen is getting all the attention lately, but it's not the only livable European city with great cycling facilities.
12:50 PM EDT on October 5, 2006
Copenhagen is getting all the attention lately, but it’s not the only livable European city with great cycling facilities.
Last week, I visited Munich for work, and found that the cycling culture there is strong, particularly as measured by the excellent bike parking facilities. They seem to be in all the right places:
Outside the subway:
Instead of car parking spaces:
In front of shops:
Even outside of suburban supermarkets:
Overall, the bicycling atmosphere is so comfortable, a ride to school doubles as a great time for a nap:
Nick Grossman is an urbanist, web developer, and neighborhood handyman, and is the web designer/developer behind Streetsblog. For the past three years, he worked for Project for Public Spaces studying the behavior of people in public spaces, real and virtual. Now, he's the design director for a web startup. He lives in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn and likes to walk fast.
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