LOVE OUR PLACES: creative bike parking
ABOUT love our places
Love Our Places is a Department of City Planning program committed to re-imagining Atlanta’s public realm. Formerly known as the Placemaking Program, Love Our Places uses low-cost, high-impact interventions as a tool for residents and community organizations to lead the changes they want to see in their own neighborhoods.
In 2022, Love our Places awarded several organizations with creative bike parking that include elements like bike racks, bike repair stations, and interpretive art. The Department of City Planning matched a unique artist to partner with each awarded organization to develop and implement custom art for each bike parking location.
Love our Places: Dedication Event
The City of Atlanta Department of City Planning hosted a bike ride & dedication event on Saturday, October 22. The bike parking was installed for the Love Our Places Creative Bike Parking initiative and features artwork by local artists.
Creative bike parking locations
bike ride: historic neighborhoods
event bike ride: art installations
award details
Creative bike parking structures will include amenities such as bike racks, interpretive art, and bike repair stations and will be awarded through a competitive application process.
Applicants may choose from one of the following award types:
Bike Corral
Bike corrals are the conversion of one on-street parking space into a bike parking structure. This design is best suited for areas with multiple destinations, such as a local commercial district. City of Atlanta corridors with existing on-street parking are eligible for a bike corral. State routes may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Sidewalk-level Bike Parking
Sidewalk-level bike parking utilizes the sidewalk amenity or furniture zone to create bike parking. This design is best suited for areas with multiple destinations, such as a local commercial district. Sidewalks must be at least 8.5’ to be eligible for sidewalk-level bike parking.
Open Space Bike Parking
Open space bike parking serves one specific destination, a public park. The park must be owned by the City of Atlanta. Private property and open spaces owned by other public agencies will not be considered.
ELIGIBLITY & process
Applications are open to community organizations such as, neighborhood associations, non-profit organizations, advocacy groups, business associations, and park conservancies or friends of parks organizations (if you are an individual or business interested in applying but need help finding an applicant partner, please reach out to us).
Awards will be given in two steps. First, a conditional award will be provided on the basis of eligibility and the scoring criteria. After receiving the conditional award, applicants must gather support from their local neighborhood organization to move forward with the award. Once awards are announced, the City will pair each recipient with an artist to develop and implement custom art for each award location. When possible, the City will prioritize pairing local artists to each awarded community.
scoring criteria
Equity Priority Areas. Priority will be given to the following geographic locations:
Areas of low to moderate income (by census tract block groups)
Destination. Priority will be given to locations adjacent to the following community destinations:
Local commercial district or Main Street district
City of Atlanta parks with Friends of Parks organization or conservancy group
Bike Facilities. Priority will be given to locations adjacent to:
Existing bike lanes
Existing trails
To help applicants evaluate their location, we’ve created a map with many of the above criteria, check it out here.
PROJECT schedule
November 23 - December 31, 2021: Applications open
January 28, 2022: Conditional awards announced
February 1 - March 31, 2022: : Applicants gather support from neighborhood association
May - June , 2022: Applicants present the final design to the neighborhood associations
October 22, 2022: Creative Bike Parking Dedication Event
Fall 2022: Creative bike parking installed
If you have any questions please email loveourplaces@atlantaga.gov