Bike+Share

Bike Share

This could be a really cool project to get started. One could look at how it works on other campuses, work with the O.C., get spaces for pick-up/drop-off, design a system, write a proposal, etc.

Contact The Hub down town and see if we could et up something with them --> members of our coop get a discount at theirs...

http://www.pedalproject.org/

 **A few examples of bikes at other schools for Bicycling from AASHE**

546. Rhodes College Bike Program Wins Award (06.01.06) The Rhodes College Environmental Planning Cooperative has been selected as the winner of the 2006 Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award in the Green Schools, Higher Education Category for the Rhodes College Bike Program. The Bike Program was officially established in 2005 to provide bikes as an alternative mode of transportation to cars on campus. Bikes were secured through donations, and 15 are now available for students to check out at no cost. It is the goal of the Rhodes Environmental Planning Cooperative to increase the number of bikes to at least 20 to open the program up to staff and faculty as well as students. http://www.rhodes.edu/845.asp http://www.state.tn.us/environment/awards/

547. Yellow Bike Project Begins at University of Vermont (04.20.06) As part of his senior thesis, a student at the University of Vermont has started a pilot bicycle cooperative on campus known as the Yellow Bike Project. Under the program, 20 bikes will be available for use by any member of the cooperative. Each bike will have a lock to prevent stealing. Upon joining the cooperative, members receive a key that works in all of the locks. (webpage no longer available)

548. St. Mary’s College of Maryland Starts Bike Sharing Program (10.26.06) St. Mary’s College of Maryland has begun the “SMCM Re-cycle Free Ride” bicycle program. Under the program, reconditioned bikes will be left around campus unlocked so that anyone may use them. The bikes are also engraved for identification in case they are misplaced. Through a partnership with neighboring Trinity Church, the College is using bikes that were found abandoned on campus or donated to the church’s Christmas Bikes Program. The parish repairs bikes and gives them away to families at Christmas. The church had many adult-sized bikes or bikes too rusty for the Christmas program and made them available to the College. This year, students in the Free Ride Club will also work with church members on a regular basis to clean and repair bicycles, both for the College and for Christmas gifts. http://www.smcm.edu/newsevents/release.cfm?id=469

549. Free Bicycle Rental Program Begins at Texas Christian University (11.30.06) Texas Christian University has begun a "purple-bike" bicycle sharing program. Under the program, students will be able to rent a bicycle, lock, and helmet at no charge. The program is starting with five bicycles and organizers have submitted proposals to fund the purchase of additional bikes and equipment. The bicycles are equipped with GPS locators that will enable organizers to track where the bicycles are being used. http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/16106701.htm

550. Duke Encourages Bicycling With New Campus Bike Station (08.10.06) Duke Bike Advocates has received a grant of almost $20,000 from the Executive Vice President's Green Grant fund to finance the launch and first-year operating costs of a new Campus Bike Station. The Bike Station will serve as a hub for the Duke Community for minor bike repairs, flat tire fixes, and information abo