More Parking Space Will Be Available for Bicycles
Seoul will require all new apartments and buildings of a certain size to provide parking spaces for bicycles starting next month, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday.
The new regulation will apply to apartments that are 26 stories or higher with 300 or more units and to commercial buildings of more than 21 floors above ground, Seoul City said. Apartments will be required to set aside 5 percent of their total parking space, while office buildings will set aside 2 percent.
Apartment complexes will also be required to maintain a separate pathway for bikes at least 2 meters wide, the city said, while the space between the road and apartment blocks must be filled with vegetation.
``Once the new rule takes effect, the city will have more eco-friendly and creative buildings,'' Lee Kwon-ki, an official at the city government, said. ``By making it mandatory to have bike parking lots, residents in mass housing complexes will have individual parking spaces of more than half the size of a bike per household.''