Texas A&M Bike Friendly University Survey
Howdy, TAMU has applied to be designated a Bike Friendly University in an effort to jump start the next phase of culture change regarding bicycles as legitimate transportation in Aggieland.
Category Archives: Advocacy
Help get funding for South College Phase 1
The City of Bryan is seeking to obtain funding for proposed infrastructure improvements along South College Avenue. Phase 1 includes a separate bicycle and pedestrian route along South College as well as a bike route along Villa Maria. See the map below.
The petition (edit: period expired) is intended to be used as a template to fill in your using your own voice. Some considerations to ponder that may speak to you:
- Traffic speed limit along South College is 50mph
- This section of South College is chipsealed, which sucks for bikes.
- This is a major approach to campus
- It’s very dark at night
- About 3 huge student housing complexes have been erected in this vicinity in the last year
- There is a park owned by the University along this stretch
Don’t make bicyclists more visible. Make drivers stop hitting them. – The Washington Post
In the early days of the motor vehicle, there used to be this quaint idea that the person operating the giant machine should look out for other people. Then came