Texas A&M University Alternative Transportation Bike Program Update
Texas A&M University's Alternative Transportation Unit has made significant strides in promoting bike usage on campus, including offering summer bike storage, installing numerous bike racks, enforcing bike impound procedures, implementing a new process for unclaimed bikes, working with MaroonBikes for bike leasing, providing a free bike borrowing service, and setting up bike maintenance stations across eight locations on campus. These initiatives aim to enhance the cycling experience for the university community while contributing to a sustainable transportation environment.
- Texas A&M University
- Alternative Transportation
- Bike Program
- Cycling Initiatives
- Sustainable Transport
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Alt Trans Bike Update TSAC October 3, 2012 transport.tamu.edu transport.tamu.edu
Summer Storage Summer 2012 was the first ever bike storage offering for Texas A&M University Stanford University stores between 85 and 110 annually during their summer storage program (Stanford is the only Bike Friendly University Platinum Level in the country) Texas A&M University stored 56 bicycles our first year transport.tamu.edu
Installed Bike Racks In FY 2012, the Alternative Transportation Unit installed 220 bike racks on campus 100 racks were funded by the Aggie Greenfund Installation areas include: Kleberg Halbouty The REC MSC Zachery Many others transport.tamu.edu
Bike Impound Procedures Typically bikes are booted and released to owners after contact is made If booted for more than 72 hours, the bike is impounded Bike rack replacement areas are sectioned off and signed for removal notice. After notice expires, the remaining bikes are impounded. All bikes are held for a minimum of 90 days transport.tamu.edu
New Process with Surplus on Unclaimed Bikes The bike impound area is being moved to a secure area at the surplus warehouse Bikes released to surplus for disposal are being repurposed, sold outright, or sold at auction On an annual basis, fifty percent of proceeds are shared with Transportation Services transport.tamu.edu
MaroonBikes MaroonBikes was awarded the bike lease contract through an RFP in March 2012 MaroonBikes currently has leased 123 bikes and has sold 5 bikes outright. transport.tamu.edu
Borrow A Bike Free service available to anyone employed by or enrolled at Texas A&M University Fleet consists of ten MaroonBikes Borrow today . . . Due back the tomorrow by 10:00 a.m. transport.tamu.edu
Bike Maintenance Station Bike maintenance stations consist of Work stand with tools Manual tire pump with pressure gage Presta and schrader valves Sign with QR code to how to videos Eight locations on campus transport.tamu.edu
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