The Iowa City Transportation Services Department has installed and made available six new bike racks with 24 bike spots.

According to a city press release, the bike racks will serve to reduce the demand for automobile parking downtown and around campus.

Additional spaces also support the city’s application for recognition as a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists.

Some of the new bike rack locations include the Iowa City Public Library, the 200 block of South Linn Street, and the south entrance of the Court Street parking structure.