A big issue people have with biking instead of driving a car—where to securely park at your destination—is the focus of two initiatives where the city of Cleveland is making headway.

First, the long-awaited downtown bike parking station—a central location to securely lock up indoors and perhaps shower and change—may be released from legal limbo soon. Mayor Jackson's Law Department is looking into the agreement that governs the use of the parking garage at E. 4th Street in the Gateway District. The city owns the garage, but the current Community Development Plan would need to be altered to allow an organization to operate a bike parking station. The city feels the change would please the garage’s biggest customer, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have also requested a change of the plan to put up signage. Initial results from the city’s lawyers were positive enough to clear a path for the city’s architects to review and revise initial plans, says Martin Cader at Cleveland City Planning Department. The next step is city council review and approval.

The downtown bike parking station might be the crown jewel of a city-wide bike parking plan working its way through city council. A proposal that would require all parking garages in Cleveland to install at least one bike parking spot (and associated bike racks) for every 20 car spots passed through Cleveland City Council committee last week and will go to full council for approval this summer, Cader says. The proposal was approved by the Cleveland Planning Commission in April. Read more here.