Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Cost of cycle racks in Green Lanes
HOL readers may be interested in the formal answer from the Council to my question about the cost of the bicycle racks in Green Lanes (I have reproduced the Council's written answer to my question in full, but have omitted other Members' earlier seven questions):
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FULL COUNCIL: 21 JULY 2014
WRITTEN ANSWERS TO ORAL QUESTIONS
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ORAL QUESTION 8 - TO THE CABINET MEMBER FOR ENVIRONMENT FROM COUNCILLOR CARTER:
How much did the new cycling racks on Green Lanes cost to buy and install?
ANSWER
The Green Lanes major scheme includes the provision and installation of 72 new cycle racks at a cost of £17,000.
However, it became evident to officers following the receipt of the racks in May this year, that they were not fit for purpose with manufacturing and design flaws. The suppliers have agreed to replace all the racks at no additional cost to the Council.
Officers will shortly be consulting Ward Councillors and the Haringey Cycling Campaign to find a suitable alternative design.
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P.S. I have now added all the eight Answers to Oral Questions (in PDF form)
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Councillor
Highgate Ward
Liberal Democrat Party
Tags for Forum Posts: bicycle, design, flaw, management, money, public, racks, supervision, waste
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Cycle Bath reported four locations for temporary experiments in that city but I couldn't see dates on their website.
The company which makes them seems to be CycleHoop. But the links I've found date back to 2011.
The one below was a temporary trial in 2012 in Kingston Street Cambridge - reported in the Cambridge News
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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The link in my post above goes to a live site for CycleHoop. They will be at the London Cycling Show on 12th September at Lambeth Town Hall. Looks fun except it costs £150 to attend. It has to be worth sending a grand's worth of our councillors + officers along. Clive, are you still with us? Get your first freebie. Or perhaps get sponsorship from one of our wannabee developers as part of their S106 - they need to consult on cycle racks.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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£150 and a bike ride down to Lambeth by someone from Haringey's transport planning team might be good value for money.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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Clive, are you still with us? Get your first freebie.
Ms Isherwood, I follow your most recent posts with delight and keen interest !
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Permalink Reply by James R Grinter on
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The original idea behind them was to demonstrate that you can fit 10 or 12 bikes in the space that a car takes up..
but there is now a model that Hackney were installing, and having moved around a bit,
http://www.cyclehoop.com/february-2013/hackney-the-first-uk-council...
to test where the cycle parking seemed to be needed. I know I did see one down there somewhere about a month ago, so they're still around and in use.
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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on
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They're constructive, democratic street furniture.
And behind the outline car the actual bike stands [look] are large-diameter smooth-finish highly-visible steel tubes. Umm, some designers/architects DO know their stuff.
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Officers will shortly be consulting ... to find a suitable alternative design.
[part of official statement]
I may be able to offer a suggestion that could speed up the search:
If officers in River Park House were to walk over to the eastern side of their floor and look across the road, down to the entrance of Wood Green Underground station, they would see a good example of regular, British cycle stands. They feature:- thick tubing (the round kind)
- nicely rounded, big-radius, non-hazardous corners
- lower panel for blind folk's sticks
Officers would also notice that, of the 15 (fifteen) stands provided, including two small ones for children's bikes, most are used. At about 19:30 last night, all but one were in use.
It's not rocket science; there's no need to re-invent this particular wheel; they're not susceptible to an architect's styling.We have and ought to be able to take this kind of straight-forward facility for granted. Whoever was responsible for all this standard arrangement (probably an unsung Council Officer!), needs to be congratulated for getting it right ...
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