CB3 has OK'd bike corrals (CityRacks!) for two East Village businesses —
the 4th Street Food Co-op and
Continuum Cycles on Avenue B.
These will be similar to the ones that the DOT installed
in front of Mudspot on East Ninth Street back in April ...
[
Photo via EVG reader Robert]
Jill Woodward wrote this last week at the
The 4th Street Food Co-op blog:
We need the parking because so many of our members and shoppers arrive by bike, and it can be difficult to find a parking place near the store.
[Outside the 4th Street Co-op last night, via EVG]
The tradeoff is 1-2 fewer spaces for automobiles in exchange for up to 20 spots for cycles. That calculation can result in more business for the neighborhood, according to a recent report by TA.
We also understand that Mudspot and
Bluestockings on Allen Street have the go-ahead to expand their current bike corrals... No timelines on when the DOT will install any of these bike racks ... word is early 2013.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Here's your new East Ninth Street bike rack (18 comments)
