Valet Bike Parking

Valet Bicycle Parking may sound like a strange idea, but it is actually really handy. Downtown Salt Lake City has tons of events, and parking a car is always a nightmare. Of course this means smart people ride their bikes and take TRAX instead.

This does bring up a problem, with that many people around, how do you keep your bike safe? The answer is simple, you leave it with someone who will watch it -- and that is where we come in.

The Bicycle Collective provides a safe way to ride to your favorite downtown events. If you or the event you are planning could use Valet Bicycle Parking feel free to contact us.

Help! Help! Explosion in the Bicycles / Sky

The Twilight Concerts start this Thursday and we need volunteers to help with the Bicycle Valet. We will never have too many volunteers for this event, especially the second shift. So if you can help, please contact Kira at 801-696-2337 or Jonathan at 801-688-0183 to schedule a time.

Twilight Concert Bike Valet Shifts: 4:00pm-7:30pm, 7:30pm-10:30pm

BTW, The Collective is also providing Bicycle Valet for the Gallivan Plaza / United Concerts Series this summer -- and we need volunteers! For this and other events, visit: http://www.slcbikecollective.org/en/programs/valet-bike-parking/336-valet-bike-parking-2011-schedule

Valet Bike Parking 2011 Schedule

We are honored to be providing Valet Bike Parking for the following organizations and events this summer. Ride your bike to each of them, volunteers will make sure it is still there when you get back:

Upcoming Weekly Events:

Downtown Alliance's Downtown Farmers' Market (Saturdays: June 11th - October 22nd) Volunteer Shifts: 7:30am-10:30am, 10:30am-1:30pm
2011 Twilight Concert Series (Thursdays: July 8th - August 26th) Volunteer Shifts: 4:00pm-7:30pm, 7:30pm-10:30pm
2011 Gallivan Center / United Concerts Series (July 7th - September 6th) Volunteer Shifts: 5:30pm-10:30pm
Sugar House Farmers' Market (Fridays: July 9th - October 16th) Volunteer Shifts: 2:30pm-5:30pm, 5:30pm-8:00pm

Upcoming Special Events:

Red Butte Garden's 2011 Outdoor Concert Series (May 29th - September 4th) Volunteer Shifts: 5pm-10pm

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market (August 4th - August 7th) Volunteer Shifts: 8:30am-11:30am, 11:30am-3:00pm, 3:00pm-6:30pm

Salt Lake Greek Festival (September 8th - 11th) Volunteer Shifts:
Thursday: 4:30PM-7:30pm, 7:30pm-10:30pm, 10:30pm-12:30am
Friday: 10:30am-1:30pm, 1:30pm-4:30pm, 4:30PM-7:30pm, 7:30pm-10:30pm, 10:30pm-12:30am
Saturday: 10:30am-1:30pm, 1:30pm-4:30pm, 4:30PM-7:30pm, 7:30pm-10:30pm, 10:30pm-12:30am
Sunday: 10:30am-1:30pm, 1:30pm-4:30pm, 4:30PM-8:30pm

TBD:

City Weekly's Utah Beer Festival (Saturday, August 27th) Volunteer Shifts: 12:30pm-3:30pm, 3:30pm-6:30pm
Salt Lake Bee's "Bike to the Bees" (July 28th) Volunteer Shifts: 5:30pm-8:00pm, 8:00-10:30pm

Volunteers Wanted: We always need reliable volunteers to help fill volunteer shifts at these events. Frankly, there isn't an easier volunteer duty than to watch bikes while in a park with beautiful music, food and people. It just doesn't get any better. Be warned, we may reserve some of those sold out Red Butte show volunteer slots for our all-star volunteers.

New! Portable Valet Bike Parking Racks

The 2011 Live Green Festival on May 7th, 2011 was the inaugural event for our new portable valet bike parking racks. In partnership with the Becka Roolf (City of Salt Lake), we used design plans from Leslie Smith (AIDS/Lifecycle Ride in San Fransisco) and the carpentry skills of Kevin Dwyer (SLC Bike Collective Board of Directors) to build these lightweight portable bicycle racks. Each a-frame weights ~6.5 lbs.

Here are pictures from the 2011 Live Green Festival.

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What you see on this small trailer is enough for parking 200 bikes.

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2010 Salt Lake Bees to Host ‘Bike to the Bees’

WHAT:

Ride your bike to Spring Mobile Ballpark on July 28, park it in the secure bike valet in the west parking lot and receive a buy-one, get-one free voucher to the Bees game. Donate a bike to the SLC Bicycle Collective at any point leading up to the July 28 game and receive a free ticket voucher for that game. The first person who arrives at the game, and has his/her bike valet parked, will have the opportunity to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game. Also, select participants will have the chance to compete in an in-game tricycle race.

WHEN:

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Game starts at 7:05 p.m., gates open at 6:05 p.m.

WHERE:

Spring Mobile Ballpark

77 West 1300 South

Salt Lake City, Utah

(bike valet will be located in the fenced-in parking lot directly west of the ballpark)

WHY:

As part of Bees Green Week, Bike to the Bees encourages local residents to reduce the amount of vehicle emissions along the Wasatch Front by driving less and driving smarter.

2010 Pedals and Produce

On August 15th the Downtown Alliance will be hosting a themed Pedals and Produce Downtown Farmers' Market. Come to Pioneer park see all the fun activities, as well as win a bike from Bingham Cyclery!

Bicycle Collective