DDOT has completed the conceptual design on the Union Station Bicycle Transit Center (aka the Bike Station). The design is pretty cool and hopefully it can get past the Fine Arts Commission. The station will provide parking, rentals, repairs and retail sales as well as
changing rooms, but the location makes showers impossible. It'll be located on the west "carriage court" where the bike racks are now. This area is often used as a staging area for Union Station construction, but hopefully this project can restore the area to the plaza it was before the removal of the north side train room in the 1970's. If this station is a success as it has been elsewhere, it should lead to more parking facilities throughout the area.
DCist talked about this back when the meeting was being planned. And a report on the meeting can be found on Urban Places.
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