CREATING A NETWORK DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR EXPANSION PLANNING

Oonee is a New York-based company that provides cities with a turnkey solution to the problem of bike theft by designing, financing, deploying, and managing modular bike parking facilities. To aid in its mission to build secure, affordable public bike parking networks at scale, Oonee engaged a Capstone team to 1) learn more about its users and the communities in which it operates and 2) research best practices around building a bike parking network. To tackle these questions, the team studied the existing conditions around Oonee’s existing pods and researched other bike parking models. The team conducted user- and community-level outreach—interviewing Oonee users and potential users, stakeholders such as community board members and advocacy organizations, and businesses located near current and past pod locations. The team developed a network siting recommendation tool that will fill crucial information gaps for Oonee, serve as a template for expansion planning, and ultimately allow the organization to advance its mission.