Bicycle parking on the Viikki campus

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We have new bicycle storage spaces in Viikki, about 400 of them. While this sound good at first, let’s look at the details:The access-controlled parking spaces are subject to a fee. I assume it is still “allowed” to park your bicycle outside these access-controlled spaces. However, the Flamma text seems to implicate that all parking on campus areas requires a permit: “There is a fee for parking on all Helsinki campuses.” ( https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/group/tilat/pyoraily-pysakointi-ja-julkinen-liikenne ). This could have been written a bit more clearly, but I guess the writer had (only?) cars in mind.The Flamma article claims that 36 free-to-use bicycle racks were also installed in the non-heated, outside space in the underpass behind Biocenter 2 (which used to be the gathering space for electric and electronic waste). Yes, but that possibility existed before and has been used before. It’s right next to the smallest (48-rack) access-controlled parking space, the only one where I finally spotted a bicycle. Using the access-controlled parking makes sense if you have an expensive bicycle. If you do, you likely don’t care about the yearly 30€ fee either: expensive bicycle parking for the rich. You pay for your parking via an app. I installed the app on my phone but did not pay the 30€/year fee. Why not? I have two issues with the fee:

Commuting on Michael’s Domain

Bicycle parking on the Viikki campus