It is unclear that an alternative set of strategies to those identified in the Campus Bike Plan is needed. Rather, there is an urgent need to begin implementation of the Bike Plan. Strategy 3 Create and subsidize a bike sharing program by 2012. Comments regarding feasibility of strategy 3: Bike sharing is one option the campus can pursue to achieve its to reduce transportation emissions and increase the use of active transportation. Additional steps must be taken before large-scale bike sharing can be successfully implemented for student or public use. i. The campus bicycle infrastructure such as bikeways and parking must be improved. ii. Education programs should be made available to employees to ensure that cyclists, pedestrians, and vehicle drivers can all function safely together on campus. Possible alternative proposals: Small-scale departmental Bike Share Programs can work. These can allow faculty and Staff to commute around campus during their workday without their car. Units like F&S and CITES have fleets of inefficient vehicles that move about campus each and every day. While these vehicles cannot be replaced they can be parked during good weather and bicycles with small cargo trailers could be used to move individuals and small tools and equipment, thereby reducing carbon emissions, transportation times and costs. Incentives could be provided for units and individuals who make use of these transportation alternatives. Revisit the feasibility of a campus-wide bicycle share after significant progress has been made on the implementation of the 2013 Campus Bike Plan. Strategy 4 Enact a system for purchasing local emissions offsets from air travel impacts, with a voluntary program beginning by 2012 and recommend to the Board of Trustees to move to mandate a required program by 2016. Comments regarding feasibility of strategy 4:
It is unclear that an alternative set of strategies to those identified in the Campus Bike Plan is needed. Rather, there is an urgent need to begin implementation of the Bike Plan. Strategy 3 Create and subsidize a bike sharing program by 2012. Comments regarding feasibility of strategy 3: Bike sharing is one option the campus can pursue to achieve its to reduce transportation emissions and increase the use of active transportation. Additional steps must be taken before large-scale bike sharing can be successfully implemented for student or public use. i. The campus bicycle infrastructure such as bikeways and parking must be improved. ii. Education programs should be made available to employees to ensure that cyclists, pedestrians, and vehicle drivers can all function safely together on campus. Possible alternative proposals: Small-scale departmental Bike Share Programs can work. These can allow faculty and Staff to commute around campus during their workday without their car. Units like F&S and CITES have fleets of inefficient vehicles that move about campus each and every day. While these vehicles cannot be replaced they can be parked during good weather and bicycles with small cargo trailers could be used to move individuals and small tools and equipment, thereby reducing carbon emissions, transportation times and costs. Incentives could be provided for units and individuals who make use of these transportation alternatives. Revisit the feasibility of a campus-wide bicycle share after significant progress has been made on the implementation of the 2013 Campus Bike Plan. Strategy 4 Enact a system for purchasing local emissions offsets from air travel impacts, with a voluntary program beginning by 2012 and recommend to the Board of Trustees to move to mandate a required program by 2016. Comments regarding feasibility of strategy 4:
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