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Eberswalde's Bicycle Parking Garage: A Model for Cities

Eberswalde's striking garage addresses increasing demand. Berlin's plans, though delayed, aim to significantly expand bicycle parking infrastructure.

This is the parking area of a building where we can see so many cars are parked.
This is the parking area of a building where we can see so many cars are parked.

Eberswalde's Bicycle Parking Garage: A Model for Cities

Berlin and Eberswalde have been making strides in improving bicycle parking facilities at train stations. While Berlin's plans are still in progress, Eberswalde has completed a distinctive T-Mobile parking garage, serving as a model for other cities.

Eberswalde's station now boasts a striking T-Mobile parking garage, designed by Leitplan GmbH, with 604 spaces including provisions for cargo bicycles and e-bikes. The garage, featuring a wood-concrete construction and a larch wood roof, addresses the increasing demand and ends unordered parking around the station.

The garage offers amenities such as air pumps, tools, and lockable boxes with power connections. Berlin, however, has faced delays in constructing similar facilities due to complex planning procedures and staff shortages. Despite this, the city's Bike+Ride Offensive aims to add over 140 secure parking spots at three S-Bahn stations by the end of 2025.

Infravelo plans to create over 1,300 new parking spaces at Berlin's main station by 2030, with initial plans already in place. Mobile collective locking facilities have also been set up at four locations in Berlin, offering 20 secured parking spaces each.

Eberswalde's completed T-Mobile parking garage serves as a functional and architecturally demanding model for other cities. Berlin, while facing delays, continues to plan and implement improvements to its T-Mobile parking infrastructure.

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