Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Three University of Kansas departments plan to install more bicycle racks on campus next month. The departments are giving students the chance to make their suggestions as to where the racks are needed most.
The Center for Sustainability is working with Facilities Operations along with Design and Construction Management to design the new racks. Don Steeples, vice provost for scholarly support, expressed the need for more racks to accommodate the rising number of bicycles and mopeds on campus.
Ryan Gilchrish, Witchia, senior, attaches his bike lock onto his bike in one of the designated bike rack areas after class on Monday. This is one of the old bike racks that are often overcrowded with bikes.
“More people are conscious of the price at the pump and they’re starting to ride bikes to school,” Steeples said.
According to the Parking Department Web site, there are bicycle racks next to practically every building on campus. Some students, however, have stated more racks are needed at several locations. Jeff Severin, director of the Center for Sustainability, is fielding requests from students.
“There’s been a lot of interest in the new racks being placed around Budig Hall, Twente Hall, Blake Hall and Anschutz Library,” Severin said.
Doug Riat, Director of Facilities and Operations, said new bicycle racks will probably be on campus by the end of September.
“We have identified five or six places where we should be placing racks by the end of next month,” Riat said. “For the most part, those locations largely coincide with the suggestions we’ve received from students.
Riat said those areas include buildings along Jayhawk Boulevard such as Lippincott Hall, Bailey Hall, Wescoe Hall and Budig Hall.
Christian Beer, Wunsiedel, Germany, senior, said he thinks many buildings need bicycle racks.
“I see a lot of people just chaining their bikes anywhere because they can’t find a rack,” Beer said. “The art and history museums don’t have any racks and you have to walk all the way from the rack at the Union.”
Chaining bikes to light posts and other areas can prove costly for students. The University can remove or impound an improperly chained bicycle or other vehicle if it obstructs entry to a building, or is in the way of maintenance crews. The cost for retrieving a bicycle or moped from A&M Towing is $30.
Steeples said he did not know exactly how many bikes have been removed from campus. “I’m not sure if it’s in the hundreds, but it’s definitely more than a handful,” he said. “We see bikes chained to trees and light posts and you know they wouldn’t put them there if there were enough racks.”
Students can e-mail Jeff Severin, jseverin@ku.edu, at the Center for Sustainability to make their suggestions.
— edited by Ashlee Kieler
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