Unique Bike Racks To be Installed Downtown

Jayne Kirkpatrick, Director, Public Affairs

Prepared by: Michael Williams, Assistant Director, Public Affairs

 

For more information: Jennifer Baldwin, Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator, 919-996-2476

 

March 19, 2013 

 

 

Unique Bike Racks

To be Installed in Downtown

 

The Raleigh City Council today accepted a gift of unique and functional bike racks from the Raleigh chapter of Architecture for Humanity. The racks, titled Acorn and Windmill, will be installed on City property.

 

The racks are two of the five winning designs in a contest conducted by the Raleigh chapter of Architecture for Humanity. The five designs represent the five distinct Downtown districts and will help the City achieve its goals of promoting public art and making Raleigh more of a bike-friendly city.

 

Raleigh has a large and continually growing bicycle culture. “Improving bicycle parking is a critical strategy for the City to promote bicycling for transportation,” said Eric Lamb, City of Raleigh manager of Transportation Planning. “Convenient and secure bicycle parking encourages people to replace some of their car trips with bicycle trips.”

 

A total of three bicycle racks will be placed on City property. Two copies of the acorn rack will be placed in Moore Square Park; one on the southeast corner and the second on the western side. Exchange Plaza will be the location of the windmill rack. The sites were selected in cooperation with the City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department.

 

The three remaining design winners have been placed on private property. The Bike Reflection design has been placed in the Glenwood South District; the Recycled Bicycle will be found in the Warehouse District, and the North Carolina state-shaped rack is in the Capital District.

 

Architecture for Humanity is a grassroots nonprofit organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and community needs. For more information on the Raleigh chapter of Architecture for Humanity and the Raleigh bicycle racks, visit http://raleigh.architectureforhumanity.org/projects/raleighracks. More information is also available at the City of Raleigh web site; www.raleighnc.gov and the City of Raleigh Office of Transportation Planning, 919-996-2155.

 

 

 

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