Philly's Adopt-A-Rack Applicants Notified Today

Those of us whose application was accepted for a bike rack to be installed under the Adopt-A-Rack program received an email today from the Mayor's Office of Transportation letting us know which location and how many racks will be installed.  (Applications were received over a three week period ending on April 7, 2010).   The process going forward is that the contract will be submitted for bid in a few weeks, followed by an award in May.  Once the contract is awarded, City staff will mark the spots of where racks are to be installed and a contractor will do the installation.


Under the Adopt-A-Rack program, 270+ racks will be installed using funding that the City received from the Department of Energy through the Recovery Act.  That funding is also helping to pay for the meter conversion program being administered by the Philadelphia Parking Authority, (more to come on the status of that program in a future blog post.)

Thank you Mayor Nutter and the Mayor's Office of Transportation!

Adopt A Rack Round Two

The city will be installing 500 more bike racks under the Adopt-A-Rack program. This time you can suggest a location using an online form. There is a catch though-you have to have permission from the property owner in front of the location and you have to promise to maintain the rack (see the form). If you have that then you're golden.

But act fast, the deadline for submissions is March 31st.



Link to the Bike Rack Request Page

Adopt-A-Rack Starts Off at Academy of Natural Sciences

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After 6 years of waiting, Philadelphia's Adopt a Rack contract quietly was inaugurated this morning at the Academy of Natural Sciences. 5 new racks were installed in the front and several on 19th Street. Now the Academy is truly a bicycle friendly building.

Ultimately 1500 racks will be installed around the City in locations were property owners, business districts and community groups have signed maintenance agreements. In those areas where business districts or property owners won't sign agreements, the Bicycle Coalition is working with the Streets Department to get racks installed in important locations.

Thank you Streets Department for getting this contract on the ground (and in the cement!).

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