Chicago Bike Parking

The Chicago Department of Transportation's Bicycle Program installs and maintains bike racks in Chicago and provides free consulting services to building owners, as part of the Bike 2015 Plan and Mayor Daley's vision to make Chicago the most bicycle-friendly city in the nation.

On this website you can do three things:

  1. Request a new bike rack
  2. Check on the status of your request
  3. Find bike racks by ZIP Code, Ward, Community Area or Transit Station

Use one of the three forms below.

STATS

Our database records currently show 8044 bike racks have been installed at 4552 locations. Older records will be available soon.

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Request a new bike rack
Only the site address field is required

Request a new bike rack
For criteria and considerations regarding new bike rack installations, please read our FAQ.
Essential Information (required)

Only intersections or exact street addresses in Chicago are accepted. We don't accept a range of addresses. Acceptable requests are:

  • State and Lake
  • State & Lake
  • 200 N State
Additional Information (not required)
Example: "coffee shop," or "CTA station"

Include information like nearby businesses, CTA stops, attractions...

Help make your case - Why should we put a bike rack here?
Contact Information (not required)

Enter your email to receive a tracking number and instructions on how to follow your request's status.

We will never share your contact information. Read more about our privacy protections.
NOTE: Due to unpredictable weather conditions during late fall and the winter months, surveying and installation for new rack requests received after November 15th, 2008, may be delayed until Spring 2009. Your patience is appreciated.
NOTE: If you want to notify us of a bike rack that needs repair or removal, search for the rack using the Check Status form below. If you cannot find the rack using the search using the Check Status form, contact us.
 

Check on the status of your request
Choose one search method

Check on the status of your request

You can type in just a few numbers of the SR#, or the entire number. Examples are listed:

  • "07-" (find all rack requests made in 2007)
  • "07" (find all rack requests with the numbers "07" within the ServiceRequest#)

311 SR numbers begin with a two-digit year, followed by a dash, then eight digits.

Only rack records exactly matching the Tracking Number you input will be found. A Tracking Number is emailed to you when you request a new bike rack.

Acceptable formatting for Street Address searches:

  • 215 W Monroe
  • 215 Monroe
  • 215
  • Monroe

The database will be searched for a range of addresses around the street number you search so fuzzy or imprecise searches are okay.

     

Find bike racks in a certain ZIP Code, Ward, Community Area or near a Transit Station
Enter your ZIP code or select a Ward, Community Area or CTA Station

Find bike racks
or select a Ward or Community Area below  
 
Community Area  
Transit Station