{"id":164039,"date":"2018-03-28T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T11:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=164039"},"modified":"2018-03-28T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T11:56:14","slug":"brooklyn-based-startup-wants-redefine-bicycle-parking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/03\/28\/brooklyn-based-startup-wants-redefine-bicycle-parking\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn-Based Startup Wants to Redefine Bicycle Parking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It doesn\u2019t matter whether you live in Mumbai and lock your beloved machine to a lamppost or whether you live in the Netherlands and leave your bike in an underground storage facility. Bike parking in general seems to be rather dull. And Oonee is a company that aims to change that.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the big problems of traditional infrastructure is its singular focus on providing bicycle parking,\u201d says Shabazz Stuart, Oonee\u2019s founder and CEO. \u201cThe focus has not been on design, placemaking, or public-space activation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-164039 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/28156352_426482587808016_6826157468184215552_n.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/28156352_426482587808016_6826157468184215552_n-1024x767.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/28156352_426482587808016_6826157468184215552_n-1024x767.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/28156352_426482587808016_6826157468184215552_n-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/28156352_426482587808016_6826157468184215552_n-768x575.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/28156352_426482587808016_6826157468184215552_n.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/29092650_2015209288531346_3503465597134438400_n.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/29092650_2015209288531346_3503465597134438400_n-1024x767.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/29092650_2015209288531346_3503465597134438400_n-1024x767.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/29092650_2015209288531346_3503465597134438400_n-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/29092650_2015209288531346_3503465597134438400_n-768x575.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/29092650_2015209288531346_3503465597134438400_n.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Oonee wants to change bike parking into something colourful, attractive and full of life. Their ambition is to make customizable \u201cbike pods\u201d which would become the main feature of any given street or public square. A feature that would bring further amenities, such as food trucks or bike-share stations. And those could in turn attract more people, which might, in theory, inspire even more people to start cycling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-163724 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urban-cycling tag-copenhagen tag-faelledparken\" data-postid=\"163724\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"163724\" data-word-count=\"336\" data-headline-length=\"47\" data-category=\"Urban cycling\" data-author=\"Christopher Ashley\" data-published=\"2018-02-28T13:16:18+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Wednesday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/4848487487_74874485845-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/02\/28\/childrens-bicycling-playground-copenhagen\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/4848487487_74874485845.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/4848487487_74874485845.webp 900w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/4848487487_74874485845-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/4848487487_74874485845-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/4848487487_74874485845-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"childrens-bicycling-playground-copenhagen\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/urban-cycling\/\" title=\"Urban cycling\">Urban cycling<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/02\/28\/childrens-bicycling-playground-copenhagen\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>Children\u2019s Bicycling Playground in Copenhagen<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to make something that would make people who don\u2019t own a bike want to go out and get a bike,\u201d says Manuel Mansylla, Oonee\u2019s co-founder and creative director. \u201cThe sidewalk is populated with stuff that is stuck and old, like phone booths or newsstands. We wanted something that was ever-changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/4548574857_45654575745.JPG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-164042\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/03\/4548574857_45654575745.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1449\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The company plans to build 5 to 10 prototypes this year and wants to create an app that will allow its users to park in any pod created by Oonee. The looks and use of any given parking station will be very much up to the riders themselves. Shabazz Stuart, a cyclist himself, intends to rely on feedback from the riders and innovate the pods according to their ideas of safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be engaging everyone at once,\u201d Stuart says. \u201cThis is very much community-driven infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Oonee\u2019s designs? 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