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Bike Parking Bicycle parking is needed citywide to provide safe, convenient, and secure places to leave a bicycle while shopping, going to school, getting on transit, or doing other activities. Lack of adequate, secure bicycle parking can be a major deterrent to riding a bicycle. Bicycle parking facilities may be classified either as long‐term (also known as Class I) or short‐ term (Class II). Class I parking is meant to be used for more than two hours and is typically used by employees at work, students at school, commuters at transit stations and residents at home. Class I facilities are secure and weather‐protected: examples include bicycle lockers and “bicycle corrals” (fenced‐in areas usually secured by lock and opened by keys provided to users). Class II, or short‐term parking, is meant for visitors, customers at stores and other users who normally park for less than two hours. The most common example of Class II parking is bicycle racks. Existing Efforts The City has adopted a comprehensive, citywide Bicycle Parking Code into the Pleasanton Municipal Code. This law mandates secure long-term and short-term bicycle parking across all new residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments. Program Opportunities BP-1: Standard Bicycle Rack Specifications. Update the municipal code to include standard bicycle rack specifications. All fixtures must be selected and sited per the Association of Pedes- trian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) Bicycle Parking Guidelines, utilizing racks that support a bicycle frame in at least two places and accommodating a standard U-lock. BP-2: Bicycle Parking Retrofit Incentive Program. Incentivize property owners of buildings completed before the new code went into effect to voluntarily install modern, secure Class I and Class II bike facilities by providing guidance, recognition programs, grant opportunities, or other incentives. BP-3: Public Bicycle Parking Expansion Program. Establish an ongoing bicycle parking request program that enables residents, bicycle clubs, businesses, and community organizations to iden- tify locations where additional bicycle parking is needed. Supplement community input with pe- riodic citywide inventories and install new bicycle racks at locations with demonstrated demand, prioritizing commercial areas, parks, schools, transit stops, and key bicycle corridors.