CAMPUS BICYCLE PLAN UPDATE - DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS
MOBILITY Campus should take a leadership role in promoting walking and bicycling as part of its broader sustainability, public health, parking and campus access goals. Strategies and projects implemented from this plan should aim to increase the share of employee and student trips taken by bicycle, to at least 15% of all commute trips (from about 10% today).
CLIMATE Promote bicycling and walking to the reduce campus’ transportation-related GHG emissions. Align bicycle and pedestrian programs with campus climate change and net zero energy policies. Reduce the percentage of the campus’ transportationrelated GHG emissions from current levels of 10% through more sustainable commute and fleet related transportation programs.
SAFETY By making campus routes safer and more efficiently connected to the City’s network, campus and the City should aim to decrease the number of bicycle and pedestrian collisions on and near the campus to zero.
CULTURE Foster a sense of community amongst those walking and bicycling through encouragement and education programs. Use programs to highlight the needs of campus bicyclists and pedestrians, thus creating a friendly and safe campus environment.
In 2014...
64% of Undergraduates and 25% of Graduate students walked to Campus
27% of Graduate Students and 20% of Faculty biked to Campus 7.
...the Bait Bike Program began
INITIATIVES Given the changes in mode split shown below, UC Berkeley will undertake several initiatives to improve the campus environment for bicycle and pedestrian traffic
Changes in Faculty/Staff Mode Split (by %) 60 50 40
Campus police implemented a bait bike program to prevent theft, increase recovery of stolen property, and detain those stealing bikes.
350
When the bait bike is stolen, the tracking device will alert police to the theft and UCPD can track and recover the stolen bike to apprehend the thief.
150
UCPD Berkeley Bicycle Statistics UCPD Berkeley Bicycle Statistics
300 250 200 100 50 0
2006
2008
2010
Citations
30 20
2012
2014
Thefts
• Increase availability and distribution of campus bicycle parking by providing both long-term and short-term bicycle parking in buildings and activity centers
10 0 1996
2001
Drive Alone
Public Transit
2014 Walk
Bicycle
Changes in Student Mode Split (by %) 30
• With the increase in biking, new buildings and major renovations should provide at least 15% of building occupants with both secure long-term bike parking and short-term outdoor bike racks • Upgrade the existing bicycle parking sites: evaluate current bicycle parking locations that are atcapacity and plan ways to address the high demand in these areas (i.e., Evans Hall, Sproul lot) • Continue working with the City of Berkeley to plan, design and implement bicycle and pedestrian projects around the campus to improve connectivity and safety Hearst Avenue Project: After a nearly 80% increase in bicycle volumes, from 2003 to 2011, Hearst will be reconstructed by 2017 with a buffered bicycle lane.
25 20 15 10
• Consider striping “super sharrows”, green-backed sharrows, or other prominent markings to visually highlight the primary campus bicycle routes and reduce conflicts
5 0 1979
1988
Drive Alone
1997 Public Transit
2000
2014
Bicycle
• In addition to the campus’ regularly updated capital improvement project list, work with the City and BART to improve bike parking at stations and provide bike ramps on staircases. Poster by: Melissa Jeng. Sources: Bike Route map created by Todd Henry, Bike Statistics data from UCPD, UC Berkeley Housing and Transportation surveys