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Old 12-16-14 | 11:46 PM
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AngeloDolce
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Originally Posted by acidfast7
... I don't know what anyone would build an airport with bike parking and not have bike parking at all transit forms to the airport. They're usually major employers in the area.
If CPH is Copenhagen, I think you'll find the US is a different environment. When I bicycled to the Philadelphia airport, bicycle parking at the airport was difficult, but parking at train stations was far worse.

(i) Airport information staff did not know about the bike racks installed 2 years earlier and told me there was parking for employees but not for passengers (not true) Signs were also confusing - bicyclists had to follow signs for "Commercial Vehicles only" past barriers.


(ii) Amtrak was renovating the Philadelphia (train) station and removed all bicycle parking for 3-4 months. I could not easily leave my bike and take a train to the airport had I wanted to. In the past, Amtrak has posted signs with 24 hours notice threatening to confiscate bicycles due to work on the station. It was too much work to actually remove any bikes that quickly, but I've never seen such short notice for auto parking.

The Richmond VA Staple Mills Amtrak (train) told me they did not have any bicycle parking because nobody ever bicycled to the train station. They did not seem to consider that anyone might bicycle there if parking were allowed.


I agree that riding 10 - 15 miles to the airport can be easy. The bicycling worked OK for me, but should have been much easier to find the bike racks at the airport.
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