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gdb · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 8 Location: Lexington, KY

UK is so focused on making money from parking/parking tickets, that they also will not give you your paper diploma if you have any outstanding tickets as well!

WHAT A GREAT IDEA!
Ripon College, a small liberal-arts school in Wisconsin, is offering
to give incoming freshmen a free bike (a Badger State-made Trek, of
course) IF they promise not to bring a car to campus for an entire
year. The primary impetus--driven by school president David Joyce,
who's an avid cyclist--is to help cure the problem of too many cars
and too few parking spaces on the tiny campus. But just think of all
the other positive repercussions this could have! Let's hope it
catches on at other schools.
http://tinyurl.com/2g4tw8
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selfpropelled · townie Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 183 Location: local

working on this... I shared that article with a bunch of people a couple months ago and the office for new student orientation seemd to be pretty excited. I will let yall know if anything happens on it. Probably not for fall of 2008 though.

seicer · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

I wonder about those who park at the stadium: where do they live? Are they within biking distance? It'd be nice to have a survey done.

But then I walk along Limestone every day, and see people with K-lot permits parking along the street so they can be closer to some of the north campus buildings. Talk about incredible lazyness.
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jdbaum3 · hipster Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 132

along that vein, it seems like someone could open a pretty profitable pedicab business just busing kids back and forth from north and south campus to K lot.

alex · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject:

except you'd never get any tips

seicer · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject:

Replace taxis with a pedicab Laughing

You'd get tips...
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jkizzle · cutter Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 519 Location: I.L.L.

that would be sweet, sounds sort of like the wildcat wheels program. the only problem is that they are so underfunded you can only check out a bike long term once. the demand is there, the money isnt.

politicalhero · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:19 am Post subject:

I would have to disagree about the funding for Wildcat Wheels. I believe they have plenty of funding but are lacking volunteer and people power. Additionally, the initial idea was to lend bikes on a short term basis and then it evolved into a few semester long check outs. The reason you can only check out a semester long bike once is because folks were taking advantage of the program and basically getting a free personal bike for one, two, three, and four semesters.

I know Shane et al are working on more solutions like a "build a bike" program and such. I encourage everyone to volunteer at Wildcat Wheels and help get more bikes on the street. If you don't have time or forget to volunteer then donate all your old parts that you have sitting in your house, garage, basement, etc.

jkizzle · cutter Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 519 Location: I.L.L.

i just assumed that getting people bikes was the idea the 3 times ive been in there though, they were definitely busy the whole time.

brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

jkizzle · cutter Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 519 Location: I.L.L.

right, i guess i was thinking it was more along the lines of just trying to get people to ride, but it makes more sense to set it up the way it is now.

brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

it makes sense to post stuff when you know about that which you are posting.

jdbaum3 · hipster Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 132

jkizzle · cutter Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 519 Location: I.L.L.

brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

it's cool... I'm just saying that when it comes to bike-related programs, events and organizations in town, it's best to keep in mind that many of the people who are directly responsible or have some close ties to much of that are also people who use this forum everyday... so unless you are confident in what you say about those things, whether it is assumed or matter-of-fact, it might be best to hold back a bit... or at least ask those people about it, and get the info first-hand.