City of Chicago

Bike Rack Locations

Name: Bike Rack Locations
Creator: City of Chicago

Bike racks in Chicago. This dataset contains bike racks installed between 2015-2021. There is another dataset from 2011 at that shows bike racks in existence at that time. We hope eventually to consolidate the data into this dataset.

Example records

Namebrand	Street Addressaddress	The Geomgeospatial	Latitudegeospatial	Longitudegeospatial	Quantityquantity	Typeclassification
Anytime Fitness/Aldi	4627 West Diversey Avenue	POINT (-87.742822 41.93084199999999)	41.930842	-87.742822	2	Type B
Charles Summer Math + Science Academy	4320 W. 5th Ave	POINT (-87.73426478 41.87082897999999)	41.87082898	-87.73426478	1	Type B
2750 W. Lawrence, Stepping Stones Nursery School	2750 W. Lawrence, Stepping Stones Nursery School	POINT (-87.69775535999999 41.96859873999999)	41.96859874	-87.69775536	1	Type B

Use cases

Retail Site Amenity Scoring for Commercial Lenders

A commercial real estate lender underwriting a loan on a mixed-use property checks whether nearby businesses have city-installed bike infrastructure, using proximity to racks as one signal of foot traffic investment and neighborhood walkability when assessing collateral quality.

NameStreet AddressLatitudeLongitudeQuantity

Business Address Verification for KYB Onboarding

A fintech platform onboarding a small business checks whether the address provided by the applicant appears in city infrastructure records tied to a named business, using the rack dataset as a secondary corroboration source that the location is an active commercial site.

NameStreet AddressLatitudeLongitude

Micro-Mobility Fleet Placement for Insurance Underwriting

An insurer pricing a policy for a bike-share or e-scooter operator uses the density and type of existing city-installed racks to estimate parking infrastructure availability along proposed service corridors, which informs liability exposure and theft risk assumptions.

The GeomLatitudeLongitudeQuantityType