Although there are some excellent cycle parking products being supplied to the UK market, there are also other products which fall well below the standard required for safe and comfortable usage and/or bike security’. This project aims at establishing a cycle parking standard.
The Bicycle Association (BA) and Sustrans, on behalf of the Cycle Rail Working Group (CRWG), are calling for expressions of interest from consultants for the development of a new UK cycle parking quality standard.
The CRWG funding and the consultant contract will be managed by Sustrans with additional BA support. The intention is that the completed standard will be made available on the BA website for public access free-of-charge. Consultants wanting to be considered for this work are invited to send initial expressions of interest by the 11th September 2020.
The BA has been working to facilitate the development of a UK quality and security standard for cycle parking hardware and installation, as part of its efforts on behalf of the industry to address cycle theft.
It says: ‘Although there are some excellent cycle parking products being supplied to the UK market there are also other products which fall well below the standard required for safe and comfortable usage and/or bike security’. This project aims at establishing a Standard to enable purchasers of equipment to identify products which are:
- Easy to use (including consideration of disabled people and inclusion generally)
- Safe (for user and their bicycle)
- Secure (enables secure locking)
- Long lasting (corrosion resistant etc)
- Fully in compliance with UK legal requirements