Osnabrück opened Germanys second largest bike garage in the bottom floor of a parking garage and built a 16m autonomous bike tower.
Is this the solution to bike parking?
Sources:
[1] https://www.agfk-niedersachsen.de/ueber-uns/mitglieder/stadt-osnabrueck.html
[2] https://studiengaenge.zeit.de/studienorte/deutschland/niedersachsen/osnabrueck
[3] https://erleben.osnabrueck.de/de/aktuelle-nachrichten/neue-radstation-osnabrueck-am-hauptbahnhof-eroeffnet-zweitgroesste-fahrradparkgarage-deutschlands-empfaengt-ab-1-april-fahrradfans/
[4] https://mobil.osnabrueck.de/de/aktuelles/bike-tower-am-altstadtbahnhof-geht-an-den-start/
[5] https://www.bike-safe-tower.com/
[6] https://www.radstation-osnabrueck.de/
[7] https://www.noz.de/lokales/osnabrueck/artikel/bau-des-boulevards-zur-osnabruecker-radstation-verzoegert-sich-46226221
[8] https://entwickelt.osnabrueck.de/de/intelligente-mobilitaet-voranbringen/radverkehr/radverkehrsplan/
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From my experience: Yep, bike parking IS even more important than super fancy bike lanes. And even cities like Utrecht or Münster will still need to build massively more to really handle the possible demand.