Case Studies

This is our flagship FalcoLok cycle store looking well at use at Hoe Grange Holidays in Matlock, Derbyshire. Installed last November, we reported back to see if the cycle store was well received by guests and if there was any feedback over the past ten months of use. The FalcoLok-300 was a new addition to the holiday park back in 2017, whose aim was to boost the range of cycling facilities available and promote the large amount of cycling routes surrounding the park, which is located on the South Eastern edge of the Peak District. The timber clad FalcoLok-300 cycle store has been installed with six Sheffield Stands providing holidaymakers with dedicated cycle parking for up to twelve bikes. A spokesperson for Hoe Grange Holidays added, “Our guests have commented on how the Falco store gives our Cycle facilities a very professional vibe and is a great addition to our site, Thanks Falco for a very efficient service and an excellent product”. Hoe Grange Holidays is a Trip Advisor ‘Certificate of Excellence 2018’ holiday park, surrounded by the spectacular hills of the Peak District, located just between Ashbourne and Bakewell. The holiday park provides a range of outdoor activities and innovative self catering log cabins. The FalcoLok is the most popular secure cycle store in the UK with hundreds of installations across the UK’s cycle networks. The FalcoLok is an extremely flexible product and can be modified to meet a clients specific requirements in a number of ways. From a wide range of cladding options, to extending the store in width, length or height, the re-location of drain pipes and security access. For more information about the project at Hoe Grange Holidays, or any other product from our cycle parking and shelter collection, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

These are the high performance cycle parking systems, designed, manufactured and installed by Falco for Jaguar Landrover at its Solihull plant this month. Following on from similar installations at Watford, Wolverhampton and Whitley plants, this is the fourth Jaguar Landrover site to benefit from Falco’s high quality cycle parking products. Falco installed the UK’s leading two-tier FalcoLevel Premium+ cycle parking system with associated FalcoRail canopies across three separate sites at the Jaguar Landrover Solihull plant, providing employees with secure cycle parking spaces for up to 122 bikes. The project at Jaguar Landrover was made up of three areas across the site: Site 1 – 7m FalcoRail with FalcoLevel-Premium+ to accommodate 32 bikes. Site 2 – 12m FalcoRail with FalcoLevel-Premium+ to accommodate 54 bikes. Site 3 – 8m FalcoRail with FalcoLevel-Premium+ to accommodate 36 bikes. Two key products of the scheme are the tried and tested FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle parking system and the FalcoRail cycle canopy, which when combined together, create the ultimate cycle park - providing cyclists with high security in a spacious fully sheltered canopy design.   Moving forward, the two-tier cycle racks and shelters are designed to be maintenance free to provide minimal cost of ownership to the client (only occasional cleaning required). Additionally should there be any unforeseen damage, the modular nature of each structure means that replacing any damaged items is simple to undertake. For more information about the ingenious FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle parking system or the spacious FalcoRail cycle canopy, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

This is Northern Ireland’s first cycle hub installation for software and digital design company, Allstate, located on Mays Meadow in the heart of the capital! The new secure cycle hub addition has been fitted with the tried and tested FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle rack, providing employees of Allstate with ultra secure cycle parking for up to 80 bikes, all within a spacious, purpose built shelter design. In addition to the cycle racks, the new 11m cycle hub has also been clad with reinforced heat soaked safety glass, fitted with LED lighting and branding graphics using the Allstate corporate design. The two-tier cycle racks are housed in a bespoke contemporary design of the classic FalcoHub shelter, which features clean lines through the glass cladding supported by stainless steel glass clamps. The whole shelter is hot dip galvanised to BS EN ISO 1461 and then polyester powder coated in RAL 7021 Black Grey. Rainwater is collected via innovative integral gutters as part of the roof system and a bespoke bund ensure that the Northern Irish weather stays out! The contemporary cycle store is manufactured from a combination of powder coated steel and laminated glass and designed to be sympathetic to the surrounding area. It was developed by Falco’s in house design team to ensure it met the client’s specification including structural calculations to meet the EN 1090 CPR requirements. The popular FalcoHub design has been used across the UK for secure cycle and waiting hubs including; the capitals first series of community cycle hubs as part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Mini Holland Programme, a bespoke cycle hub and 32m waiting shelter at Derby Midland Station and recent cycle hub installations at Birmingham International, Dewsbury, Irlam and Upminster Stations. For more information regarding the scheme at Allstate in Belfast or any other product from our cycle parking and shelter portfolio, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Falco continues with the roll out of the next tranche of cycle parking facilities across Abellio ScotRails’ franchised network of over 300 stations across Scotland. Pictured here are seven of the latest installations at Dyce, Perth, Girvan, Beauly, Prestwick, Partick Central and Blantyre Stations! Two key products of this tranche of the Abellio ScotRail Cycle Innovation Plan include the FalcoRail-Low cycle canopy and the traditional Toaster cycle rack as demonstrated here at Girvan, Beauly, Prestwick and Blantyre stations. Falco has already installed a total of 1,852 cycle parking spaces and associated canopies at over 40 stations on the Abellio ScotRail network including other recent installations at Haymarket, Elgin, Livingston North, Inverkeithing, Gourock, Linlithgow, North Berwick, Patterton, Howwood and Kirkcaldy stations. Transport Scotland awarded Dutch passenger transport group Abellio the opportunity to run the next ScotRail franchise in October 2014. A key element of the Abellio bid was to increase intermodal transport and central to this was a commitment to install over 3,500 cycle parking spaces within the first three years to increase cycle usage from 3% to 10%. Abellio’s commitment to deliver the UK’s most extensive cycle/rail network includes: £1.6m investment in more cycle parking spaces to have 4,600 by 2017-18. New, fully staffed Dutch style “CyclePoints” at the key city hubs, “CycleParks+” at five others and CycleParks at other stations. For more information about the Abellio ScotRail scheme or any other product from the Falco range, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Four cycle counters and one master data counter installed this month by Falco throughout Scotland, are due to go live! The Cycle Counters, installed on behalf of Sustrans, are new additions to the existing fleet of nine Cycle Counters installed across the region back in 2014.   The new Cycle Counters simultaneously count passing cyclists as well as displaying the number of cyclists throughout the current year and the time, date and temperature. The Scottish Government is aiming to have 15% of all commuter journeys in the capital made by bike by 2020 and the bike counters will provide key data on the increase of cycling traffic. As well as collecting crucial transport data, the Cycle Counters are also being used by the Scottish Government as a promotional device to encourage the use of pedal power. The technology is being used to identify the current number of cyclists within numerous areas of the country and to monitor how this is likely to grow over the next few years. The new Cycle Counters are installed at the following locations: Clackmannanshire, The Devon Way, Moss Road Glasgow Green, Saltmarket, Glasgow Broughty Ferry, Grassy Beach, Douglas Terrace Stornoway, The Hebridean Way, Cromwell Street Scottish Government Master Data Counter, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh The state-of-the-art Cycle Counters, manufactured by ITS Teknik, are a Danish concept brought to the UK by Falco. There are 44 Cycle Counters installed in 9 European countries which are being used effectively in promoting and monitoring the use of cycle traffic. Edinburgh and Glasgow now join numerous European cities including Copenhagen, Viborg, Aalborg, Oslo, Dublin, Apeldorn, Hamar, Tampere, Lidingö and Deventer who already have the Cycle Counters installed on busy commuter routes. A recent research project was undertaken by the Copenhagen Government, who have used the cycle counters to monitor how weather conditions affect the number of cyclists commuting to work by bike through the capital. The counter also has other functionality such as; information updates, measuring a cyclists speed and provide data on distances to transport hubs or provide current traffic information such as the next train to leave. INSIDE THE CYCLE COUNTER At the core of the Cycle Counter is a Generic Traffic Controller (GTC). This is an advanced traffic controller which is flexible, reliable and scalable and will interface with the high quality detector technology. The GTC can operate as a standalone unit or as part of an integrated networked system of controllers, interfacing with other Cycle Counters as well as a number of different types of traffic signs, ranging from simple flash lights and ‘lane markers’ to advanced information displays. When configured as a Cycle Counter, the GTC can provide a number of functions depending on the configuration of the Counter. It is equipped with a modem and SIM card which provides a platform for mobile data to be exported to a central data collection system. The system is self-monitoring, which means that error detection, display and internal processes are identified and information is sent via e-mail to defined user groups. The system can be configured to send daily e-mail(s) regarding operational status and cycle traffic counts. Optionally centralised monitoring via the Internet can be offered; by means of a web browser where you can go to and check the status of a cycle counter any time. The customer also has the opportunity to have an integrated display of counting data at the client’s own website using an iFrame. Additional functionality is also possible from the Cycle Counter’s Web feed and linked to a client’s website. For more information about the state-of-the-art Cycle Counter, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

A new tranche of cycle parking facilities and shelters has just been installed at a number of stations on the Northern England Rail franchise, operated by First Group’s ‘TransPennine Express’. The scheme which got underway in February involved the manufacture, supply and installation of a number of cycle parking systems with associated canopies, along with the provision of cycle wheel stair ramps - to facilitate the process of manoeuvring bikes up and down stairs with ease. To date, Falco has supplied TransPennine express with over 480 secure cycle parking spaces at the following stations: Along with the above cycle facilities, Falco also supplied a series of signage to all stations detailing where to find local cycling routes as well as how to utilise each rack effectively to maximise security. For more information about the scheme for TransPennine Express or how Falco can assist your cycle parking project, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.