Students begin green bike program

March 11, 2011

Sophomore engineering major Michael Stanfill tightens the front wheel on a brand new mountain bike - one of 20 being assembled and loaned to students as part of a new sustainability effort on campus.

To shift 日韩无码鈥檚 energy usage towards renewable sources, 日韩无码 students began a program to increase bicycle use on and around campus. They will begin with the new funded program for 日韩无码 Green Bikes.

Students jointly employed through the and , began assembling bikes this week under the direction of local expert Simon Rakower. A library of bikes will be available to check out for the year/semester or afternoon starting in April. A new student bike shop will be operated through 日韩无码 Outdoor Adventures. The basic model is that the program maintains a fleet of bikes that predominately students can check out with their Polar Express cards. Clinics and workshops will be offered on a monthly basis on bike/sustainability topics.

Three 日韩无码 students were authors of this project, Michaela Swanson, Ben Abbott and Lorien Nettleton.