Promoting 'Bicycling at UB'
This week, University at Buffalo will be introducing 'Bicycling at UB'. It's a program designed to promote biking both on and between campuses. Not only has the Buffalo Blue Bike program been a success with the students, the addition of hundreds of new campus-wide bike racks has allowed bike enthusiasts the ability to forget their cars while opting for a healthier mode of transportation. Bicycling at UB has also come up with a solution for students who want to keep their bike on-hand while being transported between the campuses. Bike racks have been installed to the front of every UB Stampede bus, thus allowing the bike to travel with the rider.
This Wednesday, August 29th there will be a Bicycling at UB Kickoff to showcase many of the new bike-friendly features. Members of the Buffalo Blue Bike will also be on hand to promote the campuses' inclusion of the Community Bike Lending Program (six new campus hubs). Biking as a lifestyle is being promoted as a UB Green initiative and will help to alleviate current and future parking issues while promoting health and environmental concerns.
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sbrof
About time, this is a needed and important part of transportation at UB. As soon as they installed the two bike racks on south campus by the bus loop they have always been packed, even off season this summer it was hard to find a spot in there for your bike. They actually could use several more in that area because people are still left to lock up to at tree or sign pole farther away from their destination.
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Charger
This is kind of a knit-picking comment, but the words "biking as a lifestyle" caught my eye. While there are certainly people who make biking a lifestyle, this initiative is really about making bikes a more convenient part of students lives, which isn't really the same thing. Most people use their cars all the time for trips that could be made by bike, but they haven't necessarily adopted "driving as a lifestyle."
I think it's too easy to think of cyclists as some exotic and over-zealous bunch of nuts. Some of us may fall into that category, but for the most part we're just people who need to get from one place to another and don't want/can't walk or drive on this particular trip.
It looks as though UB is simply making it easier for folks to cycle around the campus, which is great. Many college and university campuses are awash in bikes. It would be great to see the same thing at UB.
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KernwatchMN
This is a very positive move. At the University of Minnesota Mpls city campus there are bikes everywhere.
Indeed, every bus in Minneapolis & St Paul has a bike rack. As a retired person I can get anywhere in the metro area by bus & bike during weekend & non-rush hours for merely 50 cents, making the decision to get exercise while saving both money & the envoronment a very easy one.
In Bflo, a much less prospersous city with many struggling financially, making biking a politically-correct "lifestyle" is a huge public service.
Dick Kern in Mpls
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WCPerspective
Whatever happened to the planned bike racks on the NFTA buses? Most other transit agencies across the country have them. If I recall correctly, there was some snafu about a contract being let and the product was unsatisfactory. Anyone remember the details?
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Andrew
^^ bike racks on transit busses would be a great idea
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Hoss
We definitely need to get up to speed with bike carriers on the fronts of NFTA buses. This is old technology for the rest of the country. At least you're allowed to bring them on the metro rail.
More bike lanes and paths should be a big part of the UB/City of Buffalo partnership thing they are initiating (I forgot the name). This would be a tremendous boon for all involved. Good for students to get around, good for businesses to attract more students. Not too mention for the city residents that can't afford vehicles and insurance. And duh, good for the environment as well.
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Charger
I believe the issue with the racks on NFTA buses has to do with a low-bidder and patent infringement problem, but that was a while ago. There are now racks on some lines and I think that when they buy a new bus it always comes with a rack. Not the best way to do things, but better than nothing.
That said, has anyone ever seen a bike on a rack on an NFTA bus? I know it's a chicken and egg debate, but I bet they'd be quicker to put racks on the buses if people were using the ones they have now. Just another reason why UB is doing us all a big favor with their bike initiative. The students will get used to the racks on their buses and use the ones on the NFTA buses for other trips.
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