Penn State students, faculty and staff, as well as local community members (ages 18 and older) are encouraged to attend a free bike safety workshop from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 117 Weston Community Center at Penn State's White Course Apartments.
Students, faculty and staff, as well as local community members (ages 18 and older), are encouraged to attend a free bike touring 101 workshop from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on March 22 at 205 Student Health Center on the University Park campus.
Police Sgt. Monica Himes and her colleagues in University Police and Public Safety have seen a noticeable uptick in the number of cyclists and skateboarders violating campus riding rules — and they’re not the only ones who have taken notice of this dangerous trend.
This semester, the League of American Bicyclists recognized Penn State as a Bicycle Friendly University. Joel Weidner, director of the Interactive Media Team in Auxiliary & Business Services, rides his bike to work every day. The 1.3-mile ride may not seem like a lot, but what turns out to be about 15 miles a week (plus riding to meetings) makes biking to work the healthy, environmental and cost-effective activity that keeps Weidner riding -- even in the nastiest weather.
It was 35 degrees this morning. How was your ride? Do you ride in all weather?
It wasn't bad, a little chilly. I've biked in total snow and slush when I probably shouldn't have. I just take it really slow. It almost gets to be a principle thing. I wiped out once on the ice. My hardcore biker friend said, "There are two kinds of bikers: Those who have crashed and those who are going to crash."
Traveling to, from and through University Park is a system that includes buses, cars and bicycles using hundreds of roads, parking lots and sidewalks. The Transportation website simplifies it all to help Penn Staters get to where they need to go.
Trash to Treasure volunteers preparing Beaver Stadium for the June 2, 2012 used goods sale.
Starting April 18, officials from Penn State Transportation Services will be tagging unregistered bikes on campus. If the owner of a tagged bicycle doesn't contact Transportation Services within 72 hours, the bike will be taken and held for 90 days.
Bicycle thefts are on the rise at University Park. Bikes reported as stolen to University Police have risen from 103 in 2008 to 126 in 2009 to 140 through mid-October 2010. University Police and Transportation Services would like to remind bike riders of several security and safety measures they should take while on campus.
The WNEP-TV Newswatch 16 This Morning show broadcast live from Penn State's University Park campus this morning (July 19), to kick off Morning Meteorologist Joe Snedeker's annual Go Joe bicycle ride for charity. The ride has raised more than $1 million in the last 12 years, to benefit St. Joseph's Center in Dunmore, a facility that serves severely mentally and physically challenged children and young adults. All morning, Snedeker and anchor Tom Williams did live segments from campus, joined by the Penn State cheerleaders, the Nittany Lion and Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, who set off on the bicycle ride with Snedeker. For information about the ride, visit http://www.wnep.com/community/gojoe/gojoexiii/ and for photos from the live broadcast, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2302 online.
Thousands of Penn Staters pedal their way to, from and through Penn State's University Park campus every day. Unfortunately, not all of the bikes are registered. Bicyclists must register or renew their bicycles with the Parking Office immediately. Starting June 21, officials from Penn State Transportation Services will be tagging unregistered bikes on campus.
With the increase in the number of bicyclists on Penn State's University Park campus has become a concern for bicyclist and pedestrian safety. To address this issue, the University has updated the policy covering regulations for bicycles and other wheeled devices. The goal of the update is to provide a comprehensive and practical strategy for improving bicycle circulation on the campus, to encourage bicycling as a mode of transportation, and to improve safety by providing an understandable, logical and enforceable bicycling program.
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