BU Survey Seeks to Improve Campus Bicycling
Input from cyclists and noncyclists requested by May 12
![In just three minutes time, BU bikers can take an online survey to help the University draft a plan to improve cyclist safety and amenities on campus.](/files/2017/05/h_butoday_16-9866-CLOSEUP-007.jpg)
In just three minutes’ time, BU bikers can take an online survey to help the University draft a plan to improve cyclist safety and amenities on campus. The survey closes Friday, May 12. Photo by Pankaj Khadka
Do you bike to or around campus? What route and safety improvements are needed? What’s the availability of bike storage space and of safety and incentive programs? Whether you get around on two wheels or not, three minutes of your time could help the University address these issues.
BU is conducting an online bike survey through Friday, May 12, for students, faculty, and staff to help draft a Master Bike Plan for the Charles River Campus. More than 1,500 responses have poured in so far. The survey, which can be found here, includes an interactive map that allows respondents to draw their biking routes with key points, as well as to comment on the pros and cons of those routes.
“Bicycles provide a healthy, affordable, safe, and environmentally friendly way to get around,” says Carl Larson, BU’s Parking & Transportation Services transportation demand management and marketing manager. “This plan will allow BU to take a consistent and strategic approach to short- and long-term campus infrastructure and transportation initiatives, as well as bicycle safety and encouragement strategies.…We are particularly interested in input from less-confident riders or those who don’t currently opt to ride.”
The University Space Committee will approve a plan by the fall. The Twitter hashtag for the plan-drafting effort is #BikeUpBU.
The city of Boston has already announced plans to install a barrier between bicyclists and motorists on Commonwealth Avenue from the BU Bridge to Packards Corner.
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