TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s transportation authority’s, Bike Parkade Program will provide secure bike parking at transit stations throughout Metro Vancouver. The program was launched in 2014 with the opening of a bike parkade at the newly renovated Main Street – Science World SkyTrain Station. In 2015, a second bike parkade opened at the southern terminus of the SkyTrain system at King George Station in Surrey. Bike parkades are planned for two upcoming Expo Line renovations: Commercial-Broadway Station in Vancouver and Metrotown Station in Burnaby. Bike parkades will be built by developers as part of transit-oriented development at Gilmore Station in Burnaby and on the Canada Line at King Edward Station. Current and future bike parkade locations are illustrated in Figure 1 in the appendix.
TransLink’s bike parkades feature a variety of security features: fully glazed walls, 24 hour lighting, video cameras, and electronic keycard access. Both have double-decker pneumatic lift bike racks to maximize parking spaces within a small footprint. Main Street – Science World Station has 90 bike parking spaces within 1000sf and King George Station has 70 within 750sf. Both are open during all hours of SkyTrain operations: from approximately 5.30 am to 1.30 am on weekdays and 7 am to 12.30 am on weekends. Other amenities include local bike wayfinding information at both locations and a bike repair station at King George Station. The cost to use the parkades is $1 per day, with a maximum monthly charge of $8. After registering for a keycard online, all a bike parkade user needs to do is swipe the keycard at the door, wheel in their bike, and lock it in an empty spot on the racks. Please see Figures 2 through 8 in the appendix for photos of both completed bike parkades.
