Wednesday, August 26, 2009
New bike lockers available for student and employee use
Twenty new bicycle lockers are available in parking lot K for student and employee use.
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Wendy Knipe Bredhold Media Relations Specialist, News & Information Services 812/461-5259 Mark Rozewski, vice president for Business Affairs, said, "These fully enclosed weatherproof bike lockers will be available for free, on a first-come first-served basis, to students, faculty, or staff who want to bring a bicycle to campus for any period of time and, after they park their car, use the bike to get to class, work, or travel around campus." (Click here for the campus map.) Beginning Monday, August 31, you may sign up for a locker at the Parking Department located in the Security Department. You must present a student or employee ID in order to receive a key to an assigned locker. The first 20 people to be assigned lockers will have access to them throughout the fall and spring semesters. Steve Woodall, director of Security, said, "We hope this encourages people to park at the lower lot and then ride a bicycle throughout the campus, to classes, extracurricular activities, or for leisure and recreation." A bicycle trail is currently under construction on the west side of campus from Clarke Lane behind the Children's Learning Center, along Reflection Lake to University Boulevard. The trails are part of Loop Road Phase 1B, expected to be complete in October. Parking lot K, where the lockers are located, is near the location of the future Burdette Park-USI Trail. "Eventually you'll have a trail that goes around the University and ties in to the Burdette Park-USI Trail, and, from there, the Burdette Park/Union Township trails," Woodall said. "There will be a lot of areas for biking or walking on the west side of Evansville, accessible from USI." In addition, another bike trail was constructed from the new parking lot L, located near the bike lockers and parking lot K, to a scenic overlook. Though the bicycle lockers will be available at no cost, there may be a fee for rekeying a lock if a key is lost. Woodall said that if the lockers are popular, more may be added on campus or in housing areas in the future. |
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