Rack Em Up

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Rack Em Up!!
Project by Walt Staton May 7, 2003 For A.
Curtiss GIS class
A brief look at bike racks on LSUs campus
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Overview

• Currently, LSU has a little over 100 bike racks
  on campus
• On an average day, there are about 350 bikes on
  campus
• According to the Master Plan, 11 of students
  ride their bikes now
• If bike lanes were created, 36 of students said
  they would begin to ride a bike to school

Are there enough racks? Are they in the right
places?
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Where are they now?
Pentagon
Bike Rack Locations
0 10 bikes 11 20 bikes 21 40 bikes
Library
Union
CEBA
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Bikes not on racks
Library
Coates
17 bikes on the rail
Lockett
Quad
Union
Un-racked bikes
Design
1 - 4 bikes 5 - 9 bikes 10 - 20 bikes
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Racks with no bikes
Bikeless racks
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Campus bike density
Where theres bikes, theres students
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Bike rack density
Where theres racks, theres not necessarily
bikes
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Bike rack density
Do the densities for bikes and racks correlate?
Upper Quad
Rack density
Upper Quad
CEBA
Bike density
CEBA
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Are they properly located?
Its best if the rack is within 30 seconds
walking-distance from the riders destination
(about 35 meters)
30 second walk
60 second walk
Out of 30-second range
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More bikers!
According to the campus master plan, there should
be a 327 increase in bike riders if bike paths
are created.
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Bikes per Rack with increase
Racks can hold 10 - 12 bikes each, if properly
placed - When put against a wall, a rack can
only hold 7-8 8 bikes per rack is a desirable
target - Allows for unexpected peaks in use
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Future problem spots
More than 8 bikes per rack
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Needy areas
Lockett - Allen - Library
Coates - Union
Dark blue area shows high proportion of bikes to
racks
CEBA
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Relocating racks
Add 5 racks Add 1 - 4 racks No change Remove
racks