Eight to Twelve bikes in a parking space.

Portland is working on a policy that would allow the city to remove on-street curbside auto parking spaces and replace them with bike parking 'corrals' located in the street but protected by bollards or other barriers. I reviewed the proposal and find it somewhat onnerous to qualify. The requirements are something like: (1) demand for bike parking and lack of adequate existing bike parking must be demonstrated based on parked bike counts in the immediate area (but how many parked bikes are you going to count if adequate bike parking is not present already?), (2) ALL (100%!) of affected local businesses must consent to the parking space conversion, (3) once the city installs a bike parking corral, local businesses subsequently become responsible for maintenance.

It's certainly a good idea, there is bike and scooter parking like this all over Paris, but it should be easier to implement.