Stony Brook University Launches Campus Bike Share Program To Promote Healthier Habits While Minimizing Carbon Footprint
University Purchases Bicycles to Establish Pilot Program for Students
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| Wolfie introduces the bike share program. |
STONY BROOK, N.Y. May 9, 2011—The Environmental Stewardship Office at Stony Brook University has purchased bicycles to be shared by students on campus.
The bicycles will be locked into various racks on campus and will be accessible to members of the program by locks with a common key. Participating students can unlock one of the Bike Share bicycles, ride it around—either on-campus or off-campus—and then return it to any of the campus racks and lock it up again.
The Bike Share program is another in a long list of sustainability initiatives by Stony Brook University, for which it was recognized in The Princeton Review’s 2011 Guide to 311 Green Colleges.
“Our goal in initiating this program is to provide students with a simple, healthy way to travel and to reduce the need for automobiles on campus,” explains Barbara Chernow, Vice President for Facilities and Services at Stony Brook University. “This new program will help minimize our carbon footprint and contribute to our overall mission of sustainability.”
Initially, participating students will be chosen through a lottery system. Those who are selected to take part in the program will be required to watch a safety video and sign a release of liability form. Each participant will pay a $15 semester fee along with a $15 key and helmet deposit. Students will then receive their key and helmet. They will be able to access any of the 25 initial bikes strategically located around the campus.
The pilot program will begin this semester and continue through the summer. “We are incredibly excited about this program and hope to expand it if it proves successful,” says Amy Provenzano, Executive Director of Environmental Stewardship.
The eventual goal is to make the bikes available on March 1st each year, and continue through the first significant snowfall of the subsequent fall or the end of the fall semester—whichever comes first.
For more information on the bike share program at Stony Brook University, visit https://www.stonybrook.edu/sustainability/bike-share-program.shtml.
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