First secure bike hangar installed for Bristol council tower block tenants

The free spaces will be offered to residents from the 21 tower blocks on a first come, first served basis
Councillor Donald Alexander and Councillor Tom Renhard with a new cycle hanger in front of Waring House in Redcliffe (photo: Bristol City Council)Councillor Donald Alexander and Councillor Tom Renhard with a new cycle hanger in front of Waring House in Redcliffe (photo: Bristol City Council)
Councillor Donald Alexander and Councillor Tom Renhard with a new cycle hanger in front of Waring House in Redcliffe (photo: Bristol City Council)

The first of the new bike hangars for Bristol council tower block tenants has been installed.

Located outside Waring House in Redcliffe, it’s the first of 31 bike hangars across 21 of council housing sites.

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Bike hangars are covered, lockable pods that take up about the same amount of space as a parked car. The hangars in the project are being placed off-street, within the grounds of the tower blocks.

The bike hangars, which are being funded by the West of England Combined Authority through the Transforming Cities Fund, will offer secure bike storage for 192 people who live in Bristol City Council housing sites and cycle regularly for work, exercise and/or leisure.

Councillor Donald Alexander, Cabinet member for Transport and Labour Councillor for Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston, said: “We hope being able to store their bikes safely at ground level will encourage more people to use them, so they get all the health and wellbeing benefits from cycling regularly.

“Having a convenient place to store their bikes should make it easier to swap out some motorised journeys in favour of cycling, which supports our ambition to boost active travel and reduce congestion and carbon emissions across the city as part of our goal to deliver a carbon neutral and climate resilient city.”

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Each hangar has secure spaces for six bikes to be stored. The free spaces will be offered to residents from the 21 tower blocks on a first come, first served basis. Individual households can put themselves forward for one space per property.

Posters have gone up across the council tower blocks that are getting the bike hangars, which give more information about how to request a space.

In the coming weeks, the council’s active travel roadshow team will be visiting four tower blocks that are welcoming cycle hangars to help get more of communities into cycling.

People can also take their own bike along for a free check-up with the council’s Dr Bike mechanic who will be on hand to make sure it’s roadworthy.

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The roadshows that are taking place at: Rawnsley House, Easton (Tuesday 18 April from 10.30am to 2.30pm); Lansdowne Court, Easton (Wednesday 26 April from 10.30am to 2.30pm); Barton House, Lawrence Hill (Wednesday 3 May from 10.30am to 2.30pm) and Twinnell House, Easton (Wednesday 10 May from 10.30am to 2.30pm).

The council chose the tower blocks based on whether they have more than 50 flats, the deprivation levels, whether they are near other transport routes and the cycle network, the levels of cycling and car ownership, and whether there is space and demand for the cycle hangars.

The following council housing will have between one and three cycle hangars installed: Waring House, Patterson House, Proctor House, Broughton House, Yeamans House, Ropewalk House, Rawnsley House (Beaumont Terrace and Highett Drive), Twinnell House, Plimsoll House, Croydon House, Lansdowne Court, Longlands House, Beaufort House, Harwood House, Phoenix House, Barton House, Oak House, Willow House, Rowan House, Chestnut House and Redwood House.

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