Freiburg - two bicycle parking tales
Mobile
Mobile is the "bicycle parking station and environmentally friendly mobility centre", between the station and the Blue Bridge. There are 1000 secure bicycle parking spaces (cost €1), a bicycle tube vending machine, maps, bicycle rental, bike tours, bike maintenance, car-share, and train tickets and trip planning. And a cafe.
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| Blue Bridge on the left, station to the right of the building (out of view) |
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| Yes, it's a solar panel |
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| Ticket machine and entry |
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| Double decker bike parking |
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| Tube vending machine just outside |
Bike parking for shops
When a developer built this shopping centre at Rotteckring/Fahnenbergplatz near the centre of Freiburg, the traffic engineers told them it wasn't a good idea to put the bike parking in the basement. Recently, the shops asked the council to remove the car parking, and they paid for bicycle parking to be installed, including some "wide bays" for bikes with trailers or tandems. |
| Shops - now with bike parking out front rather than car parking |
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| Reserved for tandems and bikes with trailers ("Anhänger") |
posted by bikesaint @ 11:37 PM
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1 Comments:
Hello,
Great blog! I am currently working on the exhibition Cycle Revolution which will open at the Design Museum, London on 18 November until June 2016. In one section of the exhibition we are featuring images that demonstrate developments in bike infrastructure and culture from around the world. One of the cities we are representing is Freiburg and we are very keen to include one of your photographs of 'Mobile'.
If this is of interest to you, do please get in touch.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Lizzie
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