Bike Parking Use - Main St.

An Informal Survey of Bicycle Parking Use and Non-Use
The Ann Arbor Main St. Corridor

Methodology:
While conducting an inventory of existing bike parking along the Main St. Corridor I noted where bikes were actually parked. On designated parking racks or on other streetscape objects such as light-polls, trees, parking meters etc. This is not a comprehensive survey. It is limited to the streets inventoried on a given day.

March 10, Mon (1pm) -	Main St. and the side streets to the East (one block)
March 23, Sun (3pm) -	Ashley St. and 4th St., and the side st. to the East and West (one block)
April 11, Fri (11am) -	Study Area Between Ann St (North) and Williams St. (South)

Non-use: bikes that are parked (locked) to an object of street furniture other then identified parking racks.

Using the Survey:
The results can be used to develop an idea of the use and non-use of the parking racks
within the study area. They should not be used as a calculation of numbers of bikes located in and
around the study area or the frequency of bike parking.

Findings:

Results of Use/Non-Use Survey

	total bikes	use designated parking	non-use	designated as % of total bikes
March 10	9	5	4	56%
March 23	10	3	7	30%
April 11	15	5	10	33%
Totals	34	13	21	38%

Time Lapse of Use/Non-Use Survey

Comments and observations:

Both the Ann Arbor Library and the YMCA parking racks where heavily used
There is no bike parking on Ashley, although there seems to be a demand
Many of the cases of non-use bike parking occurred in front of retail establishments