Secure Bicycle Parking

Introduction

UC Berkeley’s Parking & Transportation department has installed six secure and covered bicycle parking facilities throughout campus, for use by UC affiliates and the public.

This program is offered free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis.

Secure Bicycle Parking provides added security for your bicycle

• Monitored access with personal code
• Security camera surveillance (Evans Hall facility only)
• Parking enforcement patrols during business hours
• Observation by parking attendants in facilities within parking lots (weekdays)
• Covered facilities

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Program Overview

The Secure Bicycle Parking project is funded through a grant provided by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Participating campus and community members will benefit from safe indoor bicycle parking when they commute to campus, via five caged facilities and one facility with security camera monitoring.

Five of the facilities are open to UC affiliates only, and have over 120 bicycle parking spaces in total. They are located in campus parking areas: RSF, Bancroft, Boalt, and MLK/Student Union lots. The sixth parking area, at Evans Hall second floor patio, has 73 bicycle parking spaces on the South, West and East sides of the building that are monitored by security cameras. The Evans Hall facilities are open to campus affiliates and non-affiliates.

Each facility contains regular bicycle racks and bicycles using the facilities must be locked to these racks using a high quality lock. Secure Bicycle parking facilities are locked and accessible only via a personal access code. The code allows the user to access all locked facilities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Access codes will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis up to the maximum number that can be accommodated, and will be provided free of charge.

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How To Apply

UC affiliates may apply to the Secure Bicycle Parking program through the Parking & Transportation department.

1. Download the Secure Bicycle Parking Form (273 Kb, PDF)
2. Enter all required information (either on your computer or by printing out the form and filling it out by hand)
3. Sign and date the form
4. Submit your completed form:

• Via campus mail to:
  P&T Administrative Offices
  2150 Kittredge St., 4th Floor
  Berkeley, CA 94720, MC 5746

  or

• By fax to:
  (510) 643-4677
  

  or

• In person at:
  P&T Customer Services Office
  2150 Kittredge St., 1st Floor

Approved applicants will be given an access code that will provide access to the Secure Bicycle Parking facilities.

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Secure Bicycle Parking Policies

• User must be a campus affiliate (current faculty, staff or student) with an active appointment or currently enrolled.
• Users are required to possess a valid California Bicycle License for all bicycles that will be housed in Secure Bicycle Parking facilities. Licenses are available free of charge to campus affiliates; call 642-2987 for licensing schedule.
• Secure Bicycle Parking facilities are meant to provide secure parking for bicycle commuters. Bicycle storage is not allowed. Bicycles stored or left for long periods of time may be impounded.
• Sharing of access codes is not allowed, for security reasons.
• Use of access codes may be monitored to investigate misuse, theft or property damage.
• The University does not assume responsibility for stolen or damaged bicycles.
• Bicycles parked in Secure Bicycle parking facilities must be locked to bicycle racks with a high-quality lock.
• Bicycles must not be improperly locked, locked to the enclosure, or, impede free entry or exit of cyclists or other bicycles

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For More Information

Additional questions about the Secure Bicycle Parking program may be directed to Kira Stoll, Transportation Planner via email, or by calling (510) 643-9276.

 

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