Plenty of colleges offer cyclists places to lock up their bikes. But an
institution will need to do more than buy a few bike racks to qualify as
a "Bicycle Friendly University" under a program being unveiled this
week by the League of American Bicyclists.
The
program is designed to help institutions develop holistic policies on
biking. A 90-question application requires colleges to assess how much
support they offer cyclists—for instance, by providing bike maps of the
campus and including information on cycling in freshman orientation.
Applying
for a bronze, silver, gold, or platinum designation through the Bicycle
Friendly University program will be "an education in itself," says Bill
Nesper, director of the league's Bicycle Friendly America program. The
campus program aims to encourage colleges to evaluate how useful
on-campus bike paths can be, whether university parking policies and
fees encourage or discourage cycling as an alternative to commuting by
car, and how serious campus police are about bike theft and safe
cycling.
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