Portsmouth City Council Put Two Wheels First with New Six Month FalcoPod Bike Hangar Trial

Portsmouth residents are taking advantage of a new six month Bike Hangar trial aimed at tackling the common issue of a lack of secure cycle parking facilities within residential areas.

The trial includes the popular FalcoPod Bike Hangar design and is the first of its kind in Portsmouth, which aims to adopt the same success the facility has had upon many areas throughout London, where demand for secure cycle parking is extensive.

Portsmouth City Council has introduced the scheme on eight roads to help improve air quality, make cycling a more accessible choice and encourage the use of cycling amongst its residents.

So far hangars are available in Manners Road, Lucknow Street, Eastfield Road, Addison Road, Hunter Road, Clarence Road, Guildford Road and Sultan Road.

Pictured here is Councillor Lynne Stagg unveiling the new scheme at the first Bike Hangar installation on Lucknow Street using the FalcoPod design.

Portsmouth residents can now nominate their road for a FalcoPod bike hangar in the future by visiting travel.portsmouth.gov.uk/bikehangars.

FalcoPod Bike Hangar

The FalcoPod bike hangar as shown here in Portsmouth, is a simple and effective cycle parking facility designed to meet the needs of cyclists who don’t have access to private cycle parking facilities.

The effective bike hangar has already been successfully rolled out to the London Borough of Waltham Forest, Brent, Camden, Westminster and Merton Councils. 

Bike Hangar Management and Maintenance

Through our ‘Falco Rentals’ team, Falco now offers local authorities and private companies a fully managed bike hangar service dealing with key management and public payments as well as a regular planned maintenance service to support the council with its ongoing public service maintenance obligations.

This service is not just restricted to bike hangars though, we are able to provide a rental service for any cycle parking facility, from cycle hubs and bike stores through to individual cycle lockers, the Falco Rentals system is both flexible and simple to use. So let Falco organise your bike parking rental system whilst you get on with doing just what you should be!

For more information about the FalcoPod Bike Hangar, the FalcoPod Bike Hangar service or your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.