Spotswood Station - Free, secure, bicycle cage (Parkiteer) and hoops

Secure bicycle parking significantly influences commuters attitude towards adopting active transport.
The Parkiteer project created in 2008, managed by PTV and administered by Bicycle Network, has been an enormous success with over 100 cages across the Victorian metropolitan and regional rail network.
Spotswood has no such facility, disadvantaging the local community.
The cages offer 26 spaces, have code-controlled access, are low cost, low risk, low maintenance, low vandalism.
Overflow arrangements would be provided by co-located cycle hoops, offering better security protection and tidiness than using pavement parking.
All aspects of the project would be erected on PTV land.

As can be demonstrated, Parkiteers offer an all-win opportunity for the community:
Current cyclists would be offered secure parking,
The facility would encourage more commuters to move from car to cycle,
This reduction releases more car parking spaces,
Fewer bicycles on trains creates less disruption for commuters,
Pedestrians would be eased of the inconvenience and unsightliness of bicycles blocking pavements.
Furthermore, there would be economies of scale advantages. A 26 space Parkiteer costs less than 5 car park spaces; releasing funds. Cycling reduces congestion and pollution and an active lifestyle further reduces demands (costs and time) on the health service.