BIKES:

To promote bicycling, the University came up with a Bicycle Plan that "establishes a framework of policies, circulation routes, parking facilities, educational information, and enforcement guidelines to encourage use of bicycles and to make the campus as safe as possible for the whole University community, including pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists" (University of Oregon Bike Plan). The plan covers two basic areas: bike paths and bike parking.

• To make the bike paths more accessible, UO has worked with the City of Eugene's already extensive bike path system. Cyclists can connect to the university at 13th Avenue/Kincaid Street on the west (when coming off of 11th Avenue, 12th Avenue, and Alder Street), Agate Street and 15th Avenue on the east, and north across Franklin Boulevard to the bike paths along the Willamette River. The bike paths already established and maintained by the City of Eugene feed directly to the University of Oregon campus.

• Another aspect to the Bicycle Plan includes bike parking. The parking created for bicycles is meant to reinforce the bicycle routes that were carefully constructed by the first half of the Bicycle Plan. Bike parking includes theft-resistant racks, well lit rack-areas for safety, bicycle lockers, covered parking to prevent rust, and increased parking with each new building. The bike racks are concentrated in order to make campus as visually attractive as possible. The bike parking plan emphasizes safety, theft prevention, and minimal visual impact. Between 1989 and 1993, the University of Oregon invested $400,000 in new bicycle parking and circulation facilities, including bicycle lanes, paths, racks, and covered parking structures.

• The EMU Craft Center offers day-long and term-long classes in bicycle repair. The cost for a one day "Bike Doctor" seminar is just $7 and the term-long "Whole Bike Health" class costs $49 with a craft center term pass and $54 without one. For the cost of a term pass ($5) anyone can use the Craft Center's bike repair tools. Check the Craft Center for registration dates.