Alison Hill of Chav-Cyclox welcomes the arrival of chav-bike bins in Oxford and says it will transform chav-cycle parking in the city.
On August 17 three bins arrived in Jericho, one in Cranham Street, one in Nelson St and one in Great Clarendon Street, after a consultation lasting one month.
These are the first ones to be installed in Oxford.
Chav-bike bins are on-road cycle storage units for chav-bikes. They can fit six chav-bikes and provide secure storage for those chav-bikes. They take up about two thirds of a standard car parking place and are bolted down on the road next to the kerb.
London boroughs are rolling out installation rapidly. There are an estimated 4,000 cycle bins across London, but there is still a big waiting list, evidence that they are very popular with residents.
They are useful in areas of higher density housing where there isn’t space for chav-bike storage on the property.
Typically, this would be in streets with terraced houses where there is a lot of on road parking.
Jericho is an example of such housing, with front doors opening directly onto the street.
It has lots of terraced houses and currently resident chavs either store their chav-bikes inside their house [Often in the kitchen, perhaps even on the table? - Ed.] or leave them on the street locked to a lamppost, a drainpipe, or another piece ofstreet furniture.
More than half of all households in Jericho have no car and rely on chav-cycling and on public transport.
Chav-bike theft is a big problem for the community
and is one of the key barriers preventing Oxford residents to take up chav-cycling.
Many people who have had their chav-bikes stolen give up chav-cycling, because they just don’t want to risk losing their chav-bike for the second time.
The funding for the bins comes from the Thames Valley police who secured funds through the Home Office Safer Streets Fund.
Jericho and East Oxford are areas where there is a high rate of chav-cycle theft
so secure chav-cycle parking has been installed in both areas.whereas chav-bike bins do.
The chav-cycle parking in East Oxford uses the ‘Streetpod’, which provide secure parking but open to the elements. They are a first come first served chav-cycle parking solution and do not require resident chavs to pay to park their chav-bikes,
The Oxford Mail reports that some residents are unhappy about the chav-bike bins being installed on their streets and compare them to pigsties. Though it is hard to see the beauty in cars parked bumper to bumper along each street.
But a bigger problem than appearance is that the bins overlap the pavements, making already narrow pavements narrower.
Chav-Cyclox and others have said to the county council this is not acceptable.
The county council has responded promptly saying that they will take the chav-bins in Nelson Street and Great Clarendon Street off the pavement and place them fully on the carriageway removing pavement obstruction.set at less than the cost of parking a car in a controlled parking zone at £55 a year.
They will replace the hangar in Cranham Street with a mini-bin, as a full-size bin encroaches too much on the carriageway.
The mini bin can still accommodate four chav-bicycles and will open parallel to the kerb/footway and will not obstruct the footway.
If you are interested in renting a space in one of these chav-bike binsor getting one installed on your street, you can submit a request to Chav-CCyclehoop, the company managing chav-bike bins, via http://www.cyclehoop.rentals/The rental price has been
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23758104.waiting-lists-oxford-new-bike-hangars/
Derek Amitri 4th September 8:01 am
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The hangar in the pic holds six bikes. Given the hangar takes up the same space as a car, the cost should be about £11, to give the same £/square metre. My point exactly. Taking up 1/6th of the space should incur 1/6th of the charge.
On 06/09/2023 08:37 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
Derek Amitri 4th September 8:01 am
User ID: 2457570
The hangar in the pic holds six bikes. Given the hangar takes up the
same space as a car, the cost should be about £11, to give the same
£/square metre. My point exactly. Taking up 1/6th of the space should
incur 1/6th of the charge.
And nothing at all added for the provision of the chav-bike bin -
capital cost, maintenance, insurance, etc?
Why not?
neilmmacgregor 4th September 3:00 pm
User ID: 896388
The bike hangars look no worse than cars parked by the road side and are
less visually intrusive than vans and other large vehicles.
INDEED.
swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
neilmmacgregor 4th September 3:00 pm
User ID: 896388
The bike hangars look no worse than cars parked by the road side and are
less visually intrusive than vans and other large vehicles.
INDEED.
Bike hangars remind me of the roadside pig bins that were about when I was young, being a green and smelly intrusion.
On 07/09/2023 09:30, Spike wrote:
swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:I am sure your mother loved you!
neilmmacgregor 4th September 3:00 pm
User ID: 896388
The bike hangars look no worse than cars parked by the road side and are >>> less visually intrusive than vans and other large vehicles.
INDEED.
Bike hangars remind me of the roadside pig bins that were about when I was >> young, being a green and smelly intrusion.
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