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any fully accredited student in the graduate school, with a baccalaureate degree, who is
registered at the University, may apply for this position. Graduate student Board members
must carry and maintain a course load of not less than nine units.
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Bikeway construction
increases ridership
Photo by Steve Dykes
University schedules
bike experiments
Bicycles and pedestrians don’t al
ways mix well on campus — especially
during the hourly class-change melee.
The University is aware of the poten
tial for accidents and is working on the
13th Avenue bike-traffic problem, says
aampus planner David Rowe.
The new curbs and painted bike lane
along the closed portion of 13th Aven
je and Kincaid are the beginning of a
‘series of experiments" intended to
ind the best way to merge cyclists and
aedestrians, Rowe says.
A sign informing bicyclists of the test
will soon be placed at the campus en
trance at 13th Avenue and Kincaid
Street, he says.
During spring term the bike lane will
ae moved from its position along the
aorth side of 13th Avenue to the center.
Cones, bike racks and paint will mark
the new lane, “so we re not spending a
lot of money," Rowe says.
Later in the term, the bike lane will be
repositioned, this time with one lane
running along each side of 13th Aven
ue.
University Physical Plant employees
will study each position to determine
which works best.
The recently constucted curbs have
been the target of criticism but Rowe
says, “they are just not complete, so
they look a little strange."
Other changes being considered by
University bicycle planners include
dismount zones on campus walkways
and bicycle restrictions during class
changes.
Bicycle registration
helps beat theft
The thousands of bicycles parked on
campus each day are the source of the
University's biggest crime headache,
says campus security officer Karen
Riley.
Last year, thieves stole $150,000
worth of bikes from the campus and
West University areas alone, says Riley.
He calls bike theft "the major crime on
campus."
In 1980, 203 bikes disappeared from
campus racks, and another 254 were
stolen from West University neighbor
hood homes. These figures increase
steadily every year, Riley says.
The high theft rate should make
students think about registering their
bikes with campus security, but not
deter them for riding to school, Riley
says.
The University’s required bicycle
registration program is the “only relia
ble way to return stqlen bikes," she
says.
When a bike is registered, its serial
number is fed into a nationwide com
puter system. A bike can be identified
and returned to its owner if found any
where in the United States.
The return rate has been “almost nil"
so far, but Riley says the new program
hasn’t been given a chance because
not enough students register their
bikes.
Many stolen bikes are found each
year, but few make it back to their
original owners. She said a stolen bike
usually is stripped of its familiar fea
tures and repainted, making it difficult
or impossible to identify.
Recovered bicycles that aren't
returned to their owners are auctioned
off each year.
Registration also serves as a “deter
rent to a thief," Riley adds, "because
he doesn’t want to steal a registered
bike ”
This year, after campus security of
ficers stapled notices onto
unregistered bicycles to remind
students of the $2 required registration,
between 2,500 and 3,000 complied.
This represents a “tremendous in
crease over last year,” Riley says, and
next year's theft and recovery statistics
will be a more accruate assessment on
the program’s success.
The money from bike registration
goes for construction of campus bike
facilities.
In an effort to protect more bicycles,
campus security will operate a regis
tration booth outside the EMU every
last Monday of the month for the rest of
the year. Not only can students com
plete the $2 registration at the booth,
but they also can get their driver’s
license number stamped on their bicy
cle frame. Students can get the same
services by taking their bikes to the
campus security office.
Besides registering their bicycles,
Riley urges all students to report any
suspicious activity around bike racks.
Thefts have been taking place in
daylight and in plain view, she says.
"We have found that there are or
ganized rings of bike thieves on this
campus. They go up to a bike rack
wearing a long coat, pull out a pair of
bolt cutters, cut the lock and they’re
gone."
Although locks aren’t a sure answer
to theft prevention, Riley says students
can reduce the chances of having their
bike stolen by improving their security
habits.
Too many owners fail to lock their
bike to a rack, simply wrapping the
chain or cable around the wheel and
the frame. This makes it easy for a thief
to simply pick the bike up and walk
away.
Any student who sees someone
walking through campus carrying a
locked bike should contact campus
security immediately.
Plain clothes officers sometimes
watch campus bike racks, Riley says.
But without the help of students, bike
theft will continue to be a major prob
lem
Stories
By HARRY ESTEVE
Of the Emerald
The bicycle is emerging as a crucial
mode of transportation in Eugene,
thanks to an abundance of city
bikeways.
That's the opinion of city bicycle
officials and local bicyclists.
Eugene bicycle coordinator Charles
Nordgaard says construction of city
bicycling facilities is largely responsible
for a dramatic ridership increase.
Nordgaard uses 18th Avenue as an
example. In 1977, before 18th Avenue
had a bike lane, 87 cyclists passed one
street location during the course of a
day. After a bike lane was added in
1979, 304 passed the same location in
one day.
“It only makes sense,” Norgaard
says. “When you provide citizens with
streets, they use their cars. The same
holds true for bicycles and bikeways.”
Alder Street, the main artery to the
University from the south, was traveled
by 1,360 cyclists during one day in
1977. By 1980 the number of cyclists
had nearly tripled to 3,527 a day
"I think we can call that successful,”
Nordgaard says.
At the heart of the city’s bikeway
policy is the Eugene Bikeways Master
Plan, an 88-page document that as
sesses the need for city bicycling
facilities and details where each should
be built.
When it was approved by the city
council in 1975, the plan called for
construction of about 125 miles of
signed bike routes, striped bike lanes
along city streets, and separate bicycle
paths through city parks and along the
Willamette River.
Since then the plan has been updat
ed to reflect changes in people's cy
cling habits and to recognize new con
struction priorities. The plan now calls
for 150 miles of bikeways.
Currently, about 60 miles of bikeways
are available to cyclists — enough to
give Eugene a reputation as a pedaler's
Promised Land.
Ranked with cities such as Davis,
Cal., and Redmond, Wash., as one of
the best U S. cities for bike riding,
Eugene is often used as a model by
other communities designing bikeway
systems.
Nordgaard says Eugene’s success is
due to a wealth of citizen participation
and a “very supportive, very
cooperative” city council.
Since approval of the master plan,
the city has budgeted approximately
$70,000 each year for bikeway con
struction and maintenance.
But city officials say riders in
Eugene's core area and around the
University may not notice many
changes because most of those paths
have been completed. Most new con
struction will take place in the city's
outlying areas.
Several cyclists who recently
stopped on the Autzen bicycle bridge to
watch the river and enjoy the unsea
sonal sunshine reflected what seems to
be typical approval of Eugene's
bikeways.
“I use it all the time,” said Craig
Spencer, a University art major "It
seems pretty good to me, but I think we
could always use more.”
"For bicyclists, this is the best town
I’ve ever been in, he said.”
Bonnie Craig, a 13-year-old bicycling
enthusiast, said she uses the bikeways
everday for a five-mile ride to unwind.
"After school, you're all cramped
up,’’ Craig said. "Riding helps you
relax.”
But she says some of the older
bikeways are starting to detiorate
"Some repairs would be nice,” she
said
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