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  www.metrotransit.org/serviceInfo/bikeOnTrain.asp

 

 

 

Chicago CTA Bicycle System

 

BIKE and RIDE brochure by CTA

To make cycling even more convenient, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) welcomes 
bicycles on trains and buses throughout the year. Our network of buses and trains 
offers many travel possibilities that let you use your bicycle for commuting and 
running errands, as well as visiting the city’s many attractions, including parks, 
museums, the lakefront, and bike paths. Getting around is easy! Simply follow the 
steps in this brochure and you’ll be on your way tocycling fun and great exercise. 
In addition, you’ll help reduce air pollution by not driving.

 

 

 

Problem Statement

  1. Accessing the CTA with a bicycle is a tough task for the a cyclist.
  2. Space for storing bicycles and seating (buses and trains).
  3. Clear Iconography and rules visually stated for all commuters to reference.
  4. Timeliness of storage and accessability.
  5. Heirarchy by pathways for flow of commuter traffic.
  6. Stairway and Elevator access.
  7. Storage and locking mechanism.
  8. Readily available assistance.

 

Currently CTA could offer more access and space for bicyclists. With the current CTA budget in mind and private grant capabilities, we will design several systems to aid bike commuters on the CTA train system.

 

 

 

Bikes on Transit Ridership Statistics

 

 

 

Budget

CTA 2006 Press Release

  • In 2007, the CTA expects to generate $552.7 million through fares and other revenue initiatives.

    It needs an additional $580.5 million in public funding to fulfill its operating needs and meet retiree pension and healthcare liabilities growing through an arbitration award and under state law.

  • At present, only $470.3 million of the public funding has been identified. But, in keeping with the funding marks RTA adopted for the CTA last month, Kruesi’s budget recommendation anticipates that new transit funding sources will be identified in 2007 to maintain service.

  • If no additional funding is obtained, CTA will be required to take actions to balance its operating budget, as mandated by law.

 

 

 

 

Survey Results

Take our Survey on Biking the CTA!

 

Opportunities

 

www.timeout.com/.../15876/if-we-ran-the-cta

 

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Chicago Transit Authority
Image
A CTA Bus in its current livery
Company Slogan Take It Everywhere
Founded October 1, 1947
Headquarters Chicago Loop
Locale Chicago
Service Type Bus and Rapid Transit
Routes Bus: 154, Rail: 8
Fleet Bus: 2,212, Rail: 1,190
Daily Ridership Approximately 1.5 million
Operator Self
Chief Executive Ron Huberman
Website http://www.transitchicago.com

 

 

 

TriMet says passengers not required to move for bikes

 

trimet and bikes
Bikes and people share space

in bike hook area.

(Photo: Jonathan Maus)

“I got on the MAX downtown several weeks ago, specifically entering the one door where there was an open bike hook.

Standing in that space was a guy working a crossword puzzle who refused to move, claiming that the law said he had to get out of the handicapped area for someone in a wheelchair, but he didn’t have to get out of the bike hook area for a bike.

I disagreed, as did several bystanders…but I let it go…

Does anyone know what the rules are regarding whether passengers or bikes have priority in the bike hook area on MAX?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TriMet’s bike policy liaison Eric Hesse answered nothstine’s comment:

Hanging on the MAX
Designated bike hook area.

(Photo: Jonathan Maus)

“This has recently been reviewed by our legal department, and passengers are not required to move from the bike hook area to make way for bikes, though we encourage them to do so. This is why we instruct passengers wishing to bring bikes onboard to courteously ask the other rider(s) to move and make that room available, and in most instances the other rider(s) will do so without any issue (providing space is available for them to move). I am very sorry to hear that this was not your experience recently, and trust that this was unusual in your general experience. Please let me know if not.”

Keep this in mind next time you board a crowded train.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portland is touted as a bike-friendly community, which is cool by me, except for the occasional idiot like this guy.

Instead of using the bicycle hook to hang his bike on the side of the train car, this jackass locked his bike to an

upright post where it then blocked half of the aisle and took up a bunch of standing room.

Of course, one of the discussions on bikeportland.org led to a commenter telling me that TriMet shouldn’t be trying to carry more

 

people, only carry more bikes. I guess attitudes like that lead to asshat behavior like this.

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http://www.brianwasson.com/trips/trains.htm
The bicycle car on the DB train from Passau to Munich. Note the bicycle symbol on the side of
the car.
How do you open the closed door on the train? Push the button! The green "auf" means open, while the red "zu" means close.
Our Czech Railways train from Prague to Tabor. Note the "K" designation in the window, signifying a baggage car with room for bicycles.
Kind of hard to miss this bicycle car! On some of the very popular biking routes (like the Danube) you'll find these dedicated bicycle boxcars.

 
Elevator down to the S-bahn in the Darmstadt, Germany, train station. Photo by Sondra Spencer.
Stairside baggage conveyor belt in a German train
station. Photo by Moni Neville.

 

 

 

Handing our tandem to the baggage attendant in a dedicated bicycle boxcar on the Vienna-Passau "biker train."
Loading through the baggage door on an Austrian local train from Grein to Melk.

 

 

 

Regional Train Bike Storage in FRANCE

 

bike transport by SNCF

In August 2004, Jeremy cycled from a village north of

La Rochelle down to Dax. Great weather and some of

the best cycle lanes on the planet. What more could a cyclist ask for?

But on the train itself the facilities are superb.

Rubber-coated meat hooks to hang up your bike.

But with the support service being so bad, no wonder

Jeremy's bike is the only one in the carriage.

 

 PRO: Clean and simple designs. This space is compleatly dedicated to bikes.  CON: Since this train is a regional it is not always occupied.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Concepts / Ideation

 

 

Rail Car in New Jersey. Also in Portland light rail

Refined Concepts

 

 

 

 

Solutions

 

 

 

Proposed Budget

 

 

 

 

Final Proposal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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