With the opening of Bike Park in Melbourne, cyclists have the unique situation of having public facilities dedicated to commuters riding to work.

In the Victorian era, Melbourne had large buildings whereby commuters could leave there bike while going about there daily tasks in the city, be it shopping or going to work.
Before the advent of the car and an integrated public transport system, the bike was the primary means of transport.

Fast forward to 2009 and we are experiencing a resurgence in this forgotten form of transport. Unfortunately riding a bike to work does have it’s logistically challenges, a place to leave the bike, shower facilities and a place to leave your nice sweaty bicycle apparel.

While I was in Amsterdam, I notice a similar facility for bike storage, it was huge!!!

With Melbourne’s roads getting more congested every year and the only government solution being building more freeways and toll roads, a cheaper and more economic way of getting people into the city is by bicycle.

The grand opening of bike park at Banana Alley on Flinders Street was on exactly one week ago, for more info check out www.bikepark.com.au.

Introducing bike parking and shower facilities is a move in the right direction to reduce road congestion or maintain the current levels of car usage.

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 9:21 am by Andrew Talati and is filed under Cycling.

Tags: Cycling, Melbourne, transport

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