NYC to Install 500 Secure Bike Parking Spots in the Next Five Years -StreetsBlog NYC

By Dave Colon

Your bike may finally get a roof over its head.

The Department of Transportation will invite vendors to apply to operate secure bike parking facilities with a goal of 500 hubs by 2029, Streetsblog has learned.

DOT's long-awaited effort to provide indoor bike parking on the street will finally get off the ground on Thursday when the agency announces a request for proposals for vendors to win the right to run the program, according to two sources with knowledge of the plans.

Bike parking stations on city streets would mark major milestone in making New York City more bike-friendly, culminating years of failed efforts to build secure bike parking in a city rife with theft.

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