從 2000年至2006年的統計，紐約市主要商業區域的腳踏車通勤量就增加了75%，設置腳踏車停靠架的需求量也隨之大幅增加，紐約市運輸部 The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) 於2008年4月間與 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum 在 Google 、Transportation Alternatives 的贊助下舉辦了 CityRacks Competition徵求各路好手設計路旁的腳踏車停靠架，以功能性、設計感為評分重點，獲勝者的作品將會如狂浪席捲般設置在紐約市的街道上，影響力似乎比許多建築師做的建築設計案還要驚人！
以下是入圍者的作品，你喜歡哪一件作品呢？優勝者將於2008年10月公布、頒獎。
設計者：Andrew Lang and Harry Dobbs
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設計者：Baronivaleriani Architetti
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設計者：Beetlelab
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設計者：Cocoon
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設計者：Fadarch
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設計者：Ignacio Ciocchini
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設計者：Miller Ruggiero
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設計者：Next Phase Studios
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設計者：Stephan Jaklitsch Architects PC
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設計者：Tim Kirkby
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City Racks Design Competition
April 30, 2008
The <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/dot" target="_blank" title="NYC DOT">New York City Department of Transportation</a> (DOT), in partnership with the <a href="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/" target="_blank">Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum</a> and the support of <a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google Inc.</a> and <a href="http://www.transalt.org" target="_blank">Transportation Alternatives</a>, is pleased to announce an international design competition for new bicycle parking for the City of New York. As part of our effort to promote cycling as a sustainable, mainstream transportation option and in keeping with the environmental goals of <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/PlanNYC2030" target="_blank">PlaNYC 2030</a>, DOT is seeking to tap the creative energy of the world design and art communities for this important element of street furniture.
The purpose of the competition is to develop functional, well-designed sidewalk racks and to generate new concepts for bicycle parking inside commercial and residential buildings. These two initiatives, in addition to NYCDOT’s commitment to increasing the number of miles of bicycle facilities, providing the City’s first sheltered bike parking stations and creating more bicycle parking at transit stations, will raise the profile of bicycling as a convenient mode of transportation in New York.
Although bicycle lanes are the most noticeable element of the City’s cycling infrastructure, access to parking is also essential. Indeed, a study conducted by the Department of City Planning found that lack of access to secure bike parking was the primary reason cyclists did not ride to work. The current standard fixture for bicycle parking consists of variations of a fabricated square steel tube called the 「<a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicycl ... rack.shtml" target="_blank">CityRack</a>」; that is mounted on sidewalks. These fixtures occupy little space on the sidewalk and do not obstruct the flow of people or goods. New York City currently has thousands of CityRacks within its five boroughs and plans to add thousands more in the foreseeable future. The CityRack design, however, has been in use for over ten years and does not fulfill the potential to be an icon for New York City cycling.
The City intends to use the winning sidewalk rack as its new standard for bicycle parking. The design for the in-building rack will first be installed by Google in its New York City headquarters. It may also be used by City-owned buildings in the future, when possible.
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