The observation was done mainly around Cologne Central Station but we could observe similar events in the city (between KISD and central station). The observation was done on several days during different times (morning / noon/ evening).
A special spot of observation was a memorial which dealt with the deportation of jews. The memorial was placed between two signs which indicated that parking was not permitted in this specific location because of the memorial.
On the other side of the observation spot (50 meter away) is a parking garage for bikes which offers a secure parking space and other services like maintenace and/or cleaning. Up to 1000 bikes can be parked in this bicycle parking garage. Here are the costs of parking your bicycle at this location:
per day - 0,70â¬
per month - 7â¬
per year - 70â¬
per year with reserved space - 95â¬
We mainly observed the ways people behaved when parking their bicycles in an obvious "no parking" area.