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Bikes parked at a green co-branded Bikeep smart bike parking station
Insight3 min read

A local retailer offer can fill a bike station

One free scoop of ice cream filled a Locky Dock station in Auckland on a Saturday. Here is how operators can use local retailers to get riders to try a station.

Riders docking bikes at a covered Locky Dock bike parking station beside a digital advertising screen at Paraparaumu train station, New Zealand
Insight3 min read

Build public bike parking at the nodes of daily life

Locky Dock plans bike parking as a network at the nodes of daily life, such as libraries, supermarkets and pools. This is how to pick and rank the sites.

An orange bike locked in a Bikeep e-bike charging dock, with a row of docked bikes behind it on Union Road at UNSW Sydney
Insight7 min read

University e-bike charging keeps batteries out of campus buildings

UNSW Sydney charges e-bikes outside its buildings. Ten docks have carried more than 8,000 parkings, a model for US universities moving charging outdoors.

A speaker addresses a crowd at the launch of a Locky Dock bike parking station, with the mayor standing beside the docks
Insight3 min read

How to pitch secure bike parking to a city council

Kirsten Corson of Locky Dock on winning council backing for secure bike parking. Start with theft as the barrier to cycling, then the council's own goals.

Bikes docked at a Locky Dock station in Dunedin beside a digital screen announcing free bike parking and charging
Insight3 min read

Councils can get public bike parking and e-bike charging for free

Advertising screens pay for Locky Dock stations, so councils get secure bike parking and e-bike charging without spending taxpayers' money.

Supporters and the mayor gather at a new Locky Dock bike parking station on a town-center shopping street in New Zealand
Insight3 min read

Public bike parking and charging help more than cyclists

A mobility scooter user in Whangārei showed Locky Dock what public charging means for a town. The benefits councils can point to go well beyond cycling.

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Bikeep circuit boards on the production line, with the Bikeep logo printed on a green PCB
Insight10 min read

Why a scaling bike parking network needs IoT, not Bluetooth

Bluetooth locks scale to a dozen doors. Networks that reach hundreds need devices with their own connection, and a platform that outlives the hardware.

Row of bicycles locked in Bikeep smart bike parking racks beside a solar-powered station kiosk on a BART station plaza in the Bay Area.
News6 min read

What 10 years of BART bike parking taught us about stations that last

Since 2016, Bikeep smart bike parking stations at BART have cut bike theft and outlasted a decade of daily use across the Bay Area transit network.

Bicycles locked in Bikeep secure bike parking docks outside the Chown Parking Garage on Brock Street in downtown Kingston, Ontario
News6 min read

Why secure on-street bike parking paid off for downtown Kingston

A summer pilot on Princess Street became permanent: 18 secure Bikeep docks across three downtown Kingston locations, free for residents and visitors.

Cyclists ride past a row of smart bike lockers in Sønderborg — Nordic design in wood and galvanized steel, app-controlled with Bikeep IoT.
Installation3 min read

Smart bike lockers for cargo bikes and e-bikes in Sønderborg

Eight smart bike lockers by JP Group bring free, secure Sønderborg bike parking for regular bikes, cargo bikes and e-bikes, opened with the Bikeep app.

How to roll out secure bike parking on a university campus
Insight6 min read

How to roll out secure bike parking on a university campus

Campuses accumulate bike parking in pieces. A phased rollout of site assessment, a small first phase and expansion on usage data turns it into one system.

E-bike battery fire safety for condominiums without banning e-bikes
Insight7 min read

E-bike battery fire safety for condominiums without banning e-bikes

Condo boards can cut e-bike battery fire risk without a ban. Move charging outside, cap each charge at four hours and control who can plug in.

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