City's bike corral program awarded City Weekly's Best Bike-Friendly Experiment for 2012

Cover of City Weekly's 2012 Best of Utah issue

For over 23 years, City Weekly has given nods to businesses, programs, people, and other organizations responsible for making Salt Lake City (and Utah as a whole) a better place.

This year, among many bicycle-related "Best of"s, like Cyclesmith, Go-Ride, Salt Lake City Bike Collective, and the Jordan River Trail, Salt Lake City Transportation Division was awarded Best Bike-Friendly Experiment for their bike corral program.

Salt Lake City's bike corrals were everywhere last summer. Growing from just one corral at Squatters Brew Pub in 2010 to eight corrals around downtown and in Sugar House in 2011. Eight corrals at seven locations are planned for this coming season (with a giant double corral being installed at Sugar House Pub).

More about how corrals are different after the break.
Salt Lake City Transportation Division describes the program,

A snippet from the City Weekly Best of Utah 2012 issue released today.

"At the request of businesses with a need for bicycle parking for many patrons or employees, Salt Lake City will consider installing a bicycle rack to park 10 bicycles on the street by retrofitting an
existing car parking space.

"From April to November, one motor vehicle parking spot will be eliminated and a 10‐bicycle rack will be installed along with reflective flexible posts, similar to those shown in the photos. In the winter, the bike rack will be removed, and the space will again be available for motor vehicle parking."

Bruges Waffles and Frites hosted a bike corral in 2011,
and will be back for more in 2012. (Photo: Tom Millar)

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