The University of Wyoming Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety (BPS) Committee will
host an open forum Wednesday, March 5, to gather input on three
proposed bike corridors on campus.
The forum will be from 5-7 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Gardens. To view the proposed
corridors, go to the Web site at www.uwyo.edu/uw/bikesafety.
The BPS Committee was formed last fall at the request of Sara Axelson,
UW's vice president for student affairs, and Mark Collins, the
university's associate vice president for administration, to develop new
travel corridors to help decrease the likelihood of conflicts between
bicyclists and pedestrians.
"The most important principle guiding the BPS Committee is improving the
safety of our campus community," says UW Assistant Dean of Students
Matt Caires, who serves as chair of the committee. "The other important
principles guiding this process include promoting bicycle use on campus
as a sustainable form of personal transportation and improving
pedestrian awareness of bicyclists on campus."
Other committee members are David Kiren, president of the Associated
Students of the University of Wyoming (ASUW); Troy Lane, chief of the UW
Police Department (UWPD); James Scott, director of UW's Physical Plant;
John Nutter, assistant to the vice president for student affairs; and
Mike Milam, deputy director of the Physical Plant.
For more information, e-mail Caires at caires@uwyo.edu.
