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AN ORDINANCE relating to establishing a fee for on-demand use of King County-owned bicycle lockers at Metro transit passenger facilities; and adding a new section in to K.C.C. Title 4A.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The transit division, also known as Metro, has operated a bicycle locker program since the mid-1990s. The objective of the program is to encourage transit passengers to access transit facilities by bicycle. The lockers provide secure bicycle parking that protects bicycles from weather, theft, and vandalism. Lockers are leased to individuals on an annual basis. The program is popular, and there is a waiting list at about half of all existing bike locker sites.
2. When compared to the current system of reserved lockers, on-demand lockers operated by other transit agencies and municipalities in California have been shown to serve five to seven times as many cyclists per year.
3. Metro has secured a federal grant to test a program involving on-demand bicycle lockers. The program would allow transit passengers to use any participating locker at any Metro facility on an hourly basis, rather than lease a single locker at one facility for a year. Bicycle lockers would be available to those who purchase an access card in advance. Metro would charge an hourly fee for on-demand use. The access card would be debited based on the number of hours used at a time.
4. Metro plans to install and test on-demand bike lockers at multiple sites throughout the county for public use. These sites include Convention Place, Northgate Transit Center, Aurora Village Transit Center, Kenmore Park-and-Ride, Issaquah Highlands Park-and-Ride, South Sammamish Park-and-Ride, Eastgate Park-and-Ride, South Kirkland Park-and-Ride, Renton Transit Center and Tukwila Park-and-Ride. On-demand bicycle lockers would be offered as a service for a fee. Free bike racks would remain available at each facility, in addition to the existing locker program based on annual rentals, fo...

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