{"65973":{"#nid":"65973","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bicycle Committee to Remove Abandoned Bikes from Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019ve ditched a bike on a campus bike rack lately, it\u2019s\ntime to fix it up or say goodbye. Starting Monday, May 16, the Georgia Tech Bicycle\nInfrastructure Improvement Committee (BIIC) will begin a campus-wide effort to\ntag and remove bicycles on campus racks that have been abandoned. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBicycles are occasionally abandoned on Georgia Tech bike\nracks, and prior to now they would stay there indefinitely, gradually getting\nstripped down and damaged due to theft, vandalism and weather,\u201d said Jonathan\nMurphy, student member of BIIC. \u201cThe purpose of removal is to free up rack\nspace so that it can be used to actively store bicycles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESmall, waterproof tags will be affixed to the handlebars of\nany bicycle that appears to be abandoned and beyond repair. BIIC\u2019s rule for\nremoval is that a bike be deemed unrideable due to damage or missing parts.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe won\u2019t be removing bikes just because they have a flat\ntire, but two flat tires in combination with missing parts and extensive rust\nindicate that a bicycle has been abandoned,\u201d Murphy said. The intent of the\nprogram is to remove bicycles whose previous owners have no intention of\nremoving the bikes themselves.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe committee will work with Tech\u2019s Department of Housing to\nstore the confiscated bikes until the start of the fall semester, giving\nstudents a chance to reclaim any bikes they would like to recover. All\nunclaimed bikes will then be donated to the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition and used\nfor the Georgia Tech Starter Bikes program. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile bicycles in working order will not be removed from\nbike racks, regardless of how long they have sat untouched, Murphy advised students\nnot to leave bikes unattended for long periods of time. Students leaving campus\nfor the summer with no alternative storage plans may contact Starter Bikes at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:starterbikes@atlantabike.org\u0022\u003Estarterbikes@atlantabike.org\u003C\/a\u003E or\nbring them to the group\u2019s weekly meetings at the Campus Recreation Center\nparking deck, each Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., to arrange storage. Murphy\nalso noted that, though Housing provides bicycle storage rooms, they can\u2019t be\nused for the entire summer, and Housing will also begin removing bicycles\nbeginning May 16.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor students who may have left damaged bicycles lingering on bike racks around campus until now, they can work with Starter\nBikes at the Friday sessions to get their equipment back in working order. The\nprogram has tools, spare parts and volunteers that will assist students in\ngetting their bikes running for free. Starter Bikes emphasizes teaching\nstudents how to repair their own bikes, but provides the coaching and tools\nneeded to help along the way. Murphy also suggested the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sopobikes.org\/\u0022\u003ESoPo Bicycle Co-Op\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.intownbicycles.com\/\u0022\u003EIntown Bikes\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.jcscycles.com\/\u0022\u003EJCS Cycles\u003C\/a\u003E as good resources for those who\ncan\u2019t visit Starter Bikes on Friday evenings.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the goal of making Georgia Tech more bike-friendly and\nimproving bicycle infrastructure across campus, the Student Government\nAssociation formed the BIIC in late 2010. The committee received the Georgia Tech\nEnvironmental Initiative Award at this year\u2019s Earth Day celebration in April. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStarting May 16, the Georgia\nTech Bicycle Infrastructure Improvement Committee (BIIC) will tag and confiscate abandoned bicycles on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-05-06 09:45:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:41","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66260":{"id":"66260","type":"image","title":"Bike GT","body":null,"created":"1449176931","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:51","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09","alt":"Bike GT","file":{"fid":"192503","name":"bikegt-300x143.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bikegt-300x143_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bikegt-300x143_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8810,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bikegt-300x143_0.jpg?itok=wooSUql7"}}},"media_ids":["66260"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bike.gatech.edu\/","title":"Bike GT"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.atlantabike.org\/starterbikes","title":"Atlanta Bicycle Coalition | Starter Bikes"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12691","name":"Bicycle Infrastructure Improvement Committee"},{"id":"13060","name":"biic"},{"id":"13061","name":"bike gt"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"166923","name":"student government association"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.shaw@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Shaw\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:james.sapp@housing.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJames Sapp\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGT Housing\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}