U. of Maryland in the process of completing bike plan

The Toole Design Group is working on the University of Maryland's $1.12 million, three year bike plan.

A university survey found that 5 percent of respondents rode their bikes on campus. J. David Allen, director of the university's Department of Transportation Services, said he'd like to get that number up to 9 percent.

The campaign would address the many obstacles — too few curb ramps and marked bike lanes, narrow trails and a lack of parking — that hinder on-campus riders.

The university hopes to have the same success it had with its public transportation campaign, which in five years increased annual shuttle ridership from 1 million to 2.5 million.

While the $1.12 million plan calls for a three-year timeframe to implement new bike paths and parking facilities, Allen said it could likely be stretched over as many as six years. "There really isn't any way the university is going to put in $1 million over three years," he said.

The campaign will begin this summer with low-cost measures such as adding bike racks and signs asking motorists to "Share the Road" with bike riders.

The College Park City Council and Mayor Stephen Brayman were please

Comments

[JTS]

Wouldn't it be nice if UMD were as interested in integrating the Purple Line into their campus?

[share the road is stupid]

Since NO ONE knows what the hell "Share the Road" means, in a legal or practical sense, why not have the signs read "Yield to Bicycles"?