Ever feel like a lone voice in the wilderness? Well the MSU Bike Advisory Committee was formed to advocate and promote a safe and convenient cycling environment at MSU by means of:
1. Guiding MSU in promoting cycling as means of transportation on campus and to/from campus;
2. Promote cycling safety through communication and education;
3. Reviewing cycling program and facility designs and provide input/feedback to MSU stakeholders;
4. Assist the MSU Bikes Service Center in its role of fostering cycling on campus;
5. Guide and carry the process to assure Michigan State University is continued to be recognized as a ‘Bicycle Friendly University’ (BFU) and improve the BFU rating until a Platinum rating is achieved.
6. Represent the interest of the cycling community on campus and defend their rights as approved by the Board of Trustees for many years through the Campus Master Plan over many years (See Planning principles related to circulation paragraph 1/2 way down).
The committee was authorized by Kathy Lindahl, Asst. VP of Operations in 2006 and is currently (as of 2019) a sub-committee of the All University Traffic & Transportation Committee
Our committee consists of members of various departments on campus involved with bicycling facilities, including enforcement, planning and design in addition to faculty, graduate and undergraduate students and staff. See a current member list below (note: this is not a list of everyone subscribed to the Google Group).
Pedal for Platinum
Rather than simply aim for the next award level of the Bike Friendly University program we decided to jump over gold and shoot for platinum. Please read more about our Pedal for Platinum campaign here and consider how you can help us become the first university in Michigan and the 2nd east of the Mississippi to reach the platinum award level.
When:
We have monthly public meetings during the academic year.
Meeting dates:
- Spring 2021:
2 pm on the last Wednesday of the month: 1/27, 2/24, 3/31, 4/28, and 5/26. Note that we are switching from Zoom to Teams for these meetings. Connection information is distributed thru our Teams group.
Communications:
We also have a Google Group which is where our communications outside of our meetings occur. Please consider joining if you’d like to keep up to date with what’s going on and/or contribute to the discussions.
Current member list:
Chair/ IPF: William McConnell, Assoc. Prof., Center for Global Change and Earth Observations
Secretary: Laura Young, Office of Sustainability
Campus Planner: Stephen Troost, Engineering & Architectural Svcs, IPF
MSU Police & Parking: John Prush, Dep. Dir. of Mgmt Svcs Bureau, MSU Police
MSU Bikes: Tim Potter, Sustainable Transp. Mgr, Surplus/Recycling/ IPF
Residential & Hospitality Services: Carla Iansiti, Sustainability Mgr.
Engineering & Architectural Svcs: Dave Wilber, Landscape Architect, IPF
Faculty: Mathew Reeves, Assoc. Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Faculty: Tongbin Teresa Qu, Assoc. Professor, Urban & Reg. Planning Program
Faculty: Philip Eisenlohr, Assoc. Prof., Computational Materials Mechanics,
Dept. of Chemical Engr & Materials Science
Staff: Thomas Baumann, Physicist, Nat’l Superconducting Cyclotron Lab
Staff: David McFarlane, Systems Designer, Psychology – Social Science
Work Life Office (Health & wellness): TJ Hall, Program Consultant, MSU Moves
COGS: Anna Raschke, Bio & Ag Engr. , Grad & Teaching Asst.
ASMSU: Jordan Polk, Vice President for Finance and Operations
RHA: Vacant– contact the Chair if interested
MSU Cycling (Student club) Advisor: Justin Jagger, Academic Specialist, Broad College of Business
MSU Triathlon (Student club): Vacant– contact the Chair if interested
Current Campus Bike Related Resources/ Files:
- Submit suggestions/ complaints re: campus transportation related issues here(temp. down as of 9/18/20)
- Bike facilities map (updated spring 2020)
- Spartans Sociomobility Centennial Survey (2019)
- Bike lane map (as of Feb. 2014, Campus Planning & Administration)
- Bike facilities master plan (Dec. 2007, project of Campus Planning & Administration)
- Committee’s Google Drive for more resources (Committee mbr access only; contact Tim Potter for access)
- MSU’s Campus Master Plan and related documents
- MSU’s Circulation Priorities that established bicycles and other forms of non-motorized transportation as 2nd only to pedestrians.
Historical Campus Bike Related Files:
- Campus Bicycle Utilization Study (2010, CPA)
- 1993 – 2009 Bike-related accident report (graduate research paper by Stephanie (Fox) O’Donnell, current MSU Traffic Safety Engineer); supporting data.
- Governor’s Traffic Safety Advisory Commission’s
2006 Outstanding Contributions to Traffic Safety Award to MSU - MSU Sustainability’s 2005 multi-modal transportation study/ challenge
- “Bicycles out-pace autos in commuter race” (MSU State News, 05-1971, courtesy University Archives)
- Bike count data and reports (1960- 1993, Campus Planning & Administration archives)
- Campus bike path map (1974, courtesy University Archives)
- Bike safety educational 4-H Extension Svc. grant press release (1979, courtesy University Archives)
- News Bulletin article featuring Phys. Plant employee riding bike for work (1978 – courtesy of Main Library archives)
- MSU Alumni Magazine article about the first campus bike paths (Oct. 1960, courtesy University Archives)
- MSU’s bike ordinance (1974, found on back of 1974 map, courtesy University Archives)
- MSU Bike Ordinance – Notice circa 1949 (first known ordinance, courtesy University Archives)
- MSU Bike Ordinance – Notice circa 1954 (courtesy University Archives)
Much more MSU Bike-related History on this page>>>>>
MSU Bikes Blog 
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