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SJSU officials re-examine bike policy
Erin Keilah Chin
Issue date: 5/11/06 Section: News
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After 16 years with a campus policy restricting bicycles and forbidding skateboards, roller skates and inline skates, San Jose State University officials are considering some changes.
"The SJSU's Parking, Traffic and Transportation Committee is basically discussing how to update the policy because the campus has changed since (it) was issued," said Andy Chow, Transportation Solutions commute coordinator.
The Parking, Traffic and Transportation Committee has worked for over three years on changing SJSU's bicycle policy, said chairwoman Linda Roper.
The current policy is stated in the Presidential Directive 90-01 passed in 1990, which states, "The purposes of this presidential directive are to reduce the risk of injury to pedestrians that bicycles and skateboards pose and to reduce the risk of injury of persons riding skateboards in areas not intended for that purpose."
According to the presidential directive, skateboards, roller skates and similar devices may not be ridden on the San Jose State University campus at any time. Bicycles and unicycles on the other hand, may not be ridden between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on campus, with the exception of specific areas.
The directive reads, "Bicycles and unicycles may be ridden on the following streets (within a prescribed bicycle lane when this is provided): 4th Street, 7th Street except between Clark Hall and Engineering, 9th Street, 10th Street, San Carlos Street, San Salvador Street and San Fernando Street, 5th Street south of San Carlos Street, 8th Street between San Salvador Street and San Carlos Street."
Temesgen Atzbaha, Associated Students director of campus climate affairs and member of the Parking, Traffic and Transportation Committee, said the current bicycle policy is unclear and that the new policy would make rules easier to understand.
"The restrictions are complicated," Atzbaha said. "Even with a map it's hard to understand. The old policy is more about what students can't do. The committee wanted to approach the new policy with a positive approach."
"The SJSU's Parking, Traffic and Transportation Committee is basically discussing how to update the policy because the campus has changed since (it) was issued," said Andy Chow, Transportation Solutions commute coordinator.
The Parking, Traffic and Transportation Committee has worked for over three years on changing SJSU's bicycle policy, said chairwoman Linda Roper.
The current policy is stated in the Presidential Directive 90-01 passed in 1990, which states, "The purposes of this presidential directive are to reduce the risk of injury to pedestrians that bicycles and skateboards pose and to reduce the risk of injury of persons riding skateboards in areas not intended for that purpose."
According to the presidential directive, skateboards, roller skates and similar devices may not be ridden on the San Jose State University campus at any time. Bicycles and unicycles on the other hand, may not be ridden between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on campus, with the exception of specific areas.
The directive reads, "Bicycles and unicycles may be ridden on the following streets (within a prescribed bicycle lane when this is provided): 4th Street, 7th Street except between Clark Hall and Engineering, 9th Street, 10th Street, San Carlos Street, San Salvador Street and San Fernando Street, 5th Street south of San Carlos Street, 8th Street between San Salvador Street and San Carlos Street."
Temesgen Atzbaha, Associated Students director of campus climate affairs and member of the Parking, Traffic and Transportation Committee, said the current bicycle policy is unclear and that the new policy would make rules easier to understand.
"The restrictions are complicated," Atzbaha said. "Even with a map it's hard to understand. The old policy is more about what students can't do. The committee wanted to approach the new policy with a positive approach."
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