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19 <br /> <br />Table 4 – Bicycle Corrals Performance Criteria <br />PROTECTION <br />• The necessity of a physical barrier between the travel lane and parked bicycles <br />depends on traffic speeds and safety. <br />• Barrier options include poured concrete, bollards, and flex-post <br />PERMANENCE <br />• Pavement markings and prefabricated racks which bolt to the road surface are <br />easy to remove <br />• Concrete pads and bollards provide greater protection from road dangers but <br />reduce the ability for future modifications <br />VISIBILITY <br />• Visibility of the corral is an important safety consideration for users and bicycle <br />security <br />• Consider lighting, reflective material, bright colors, and placing corrals in public <br />areas <br />MANAGEMENT • Maintenance agreements between the city and business ensure debris is <br />removed from the bicycle corral since street sweepers cannot access the area <br /> <br /> <br />General Bicycle Corral Guidelines <br />INVERTED-U SERIES BICYCLE CORRAL <br />• Spacing: 36” minimum, 48” preferred spacing <br />between racks <br />• Clearance: 5’ maneuvering zone on either end of <br />the racks <br />• Bollards, rubber parking blocks, or flex posts <br />should be placed around the bicycle parking area <br />for the protection of users <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />IN-STREET PARALLEL INVERTED-U RACKS PERPENDICULAR TO THE CURB <br />• Pavement marking indicating bicycle parking <br />enclosure recommended 96” from curb and 240” <br />from end to end <br />• 30” spacing between racks and curb <br />• 36” spacing between racks and end of parking <br />enclosure <br />• See Figure 17: Sample Layout of in Street Parallel <br />Inverted U Rack Perpendicular to the Curb (APBP) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 15: In-street inverted u-racks <br />Figure 16: Bicycle corral <br />7.A. - Page 91 of 121 <br />97