Q&A
Considering bike storage in lease negotiations and importance of bike commuting
1:42:55
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Council Member Restler discusses the importance of considering bicycle storage in lease negotiations for city facilities and emphasizes the growing trend of bike commuting in NYC.
- DCAS is open to considering bike storage in lease negotiations for privately leased city facilities
- Statistics show a doubling of bike commuters in the previous decade
- 26% of workers live within 2.5 miles of their workplace, and 45% live within 5 miles
- Council Member Restler stresses the importance of the public sector modeling good practices for bicycle storage
Lincoln Restler
1:42:55
And then do you consider bike storage in lease negotiations?
1:42:59
Not in your buildings, but in privately leased space per city facilities.
1:43:02
Is that something that comes up in negotiations, or is consider
Laura Ringelheim
1:43:05
We could absolutely consider it.
1:43:07
I'm sure it's something that should absolutely be on our checklist if it's not already.
Lincoln Restler
1:43:12
I mean, we've seen the number of people who bike to work double in the previous decade, and according to statistics that my very, very smart chief of staff provided 26% live 26% of workers live within two point five miles of where they work.
1:43:28
45% live within five miles of where they work.
1:43:31
These are bikeable distances for lots of New Yorkers if they have good bike storage at their, you know, at their place of work.
1:43:38
And so, you know, I I think that, you know, we're always trying to encourage the private sector to do the right thing, and it's important for the public sector to model.
1:43:50
And so I think it'd be helpful to better understand for the city, for the Decast operated buildings, why we don't have bike storage in those places, and what if anything we could do to try to modify that, and you know, just appreciate your openness to to thinking through how we can improve upon our progress there.
