- Dublin City Council installs 24 new cycle-lockers across city centre
- Lockers located on Capel Street, Grafton Street, Jervis Street and Drury Street
- First two hours free, then €2 per hour up to €12 daily maximum
- Smartphone app controls access and payment for all lockers
- 12-month monitoring period assesses demand and performance
Dublin City Council has installed a further 24 cycle-lockers of different types in the city-centre as part of a pilot project supported by the National Transport Authority. This addition follows the twelve lockers installed earlier this year on Capel Street and Grafton Street, bringing the total to 36 lockers across the city. The new installations include twelve lockers in Jervis Street Car Park and twelve in Drury Street Car Park, complementing the existing six on Capel Street and six on Grafton Street.
These lockers are intended for short-term use, enabling visitors to securely park their bicycles for a few hours while they socialise, shop, dine, or visit the city-centre’s attractions. The lockers differ from the Bike Bunkers being rolled out separately to provide secure cycle parking in residential areas. Users can open and close their locker and pay for their bike’s stay through a simple smartphone app, with instructions displayed on each locker door. There is no charge for using the lockers for the first two hours, after which a small charge of €2 per hour applies up to a maximum charge of €12 per day.
Over the next 12 months, Dublin City Council and Bleeper will monitor how the different types of lockers and Apps perform and the level of demand for this type of service. The pilot project aims to provide secure short-term cycle parking in Dublin city centre, assess demand for secure short-term cycle parking, compare various hardware and software solutions, assess the performance of different location types including on-street versus off-street, and generate feedback from locker users, city residents, businesses and city centre visitors. The charges have been set to encourage short-term stays, with occupancy monitored and charges adjusted to maintain attractiveness while discouraging long-term stays.
Alec Dundon, Senior Executive Engineer at Dublin City Council, shared: “Installing these cycle lockers lets us see how secure short-term bike parking works in busy urban spaces.” Dundon added: “This pilot will help us understand where lockers are most effective and how people use them.” Dundon confirmed: “The results will shape future cycling infrastructure that is practical, reliable and supports more people to feel confident cycling into the city for short trips.”
