{"id":16843,"date":"2010-12-01T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/?p=16843"},"modified":"2010-12-01T07:00:37","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T12:00:37","slug":"bicycle-friendly-university-award-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/bicycle-friendly-university-award-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicycle-Friendly University Award System"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n The League of American Bicyclists has had a Bicycle Friendly Community<\/a> program going for years, as well as newer Bicycle Friendly Business<\/a> and Bicycle Friendly State<\/a> programs. Now, the League is adding one more, a Bicycle Friendly University (BFU)<\/a> program.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a>The program was actually officially launched<\/a> in September at the annual Pro-walk\/Pro-bike conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee. But now, the BFU application<\/a> has just been released (and the race begins).<\/p>\n College campuses tend to be much more bike-friendly than most places in the U.S., but the League can surely help many to be even better and this new application is a good opportunity for such improvement.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n “The college campus is an ideal setting for bicycling<\/a> and a natural fit for reaching institutional sustainability, health and livability goals,” Carly Sieff of the League writes. “This program will guide schools to becoming more bicycle-friendly and award those with strong bike programs and infrastructure.”<\/p>\n The first BFU application deadline is\u00a0January 21, 2011 and the second one is\u00a0July 22, 2011.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I think the process of applying for a bicycle friendly designation is actually a great student project — I was executive director of an organization promoting sustainable transportation and sustainable development in the greater Charlottesville (Virginia) area a few years ago and worked with a couple of student interns from the University of Virginia to (successfully) apply for a Bicycle Friendly Community designation for Charlottesville. The students actually did most of the work, but we all learned a ton in the process. Hopefully, a lot of universities will get on board applying for the BFU designation and will perhaps contribute to their students’ practical education in the process as well.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Connect with me on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0StumbleUpon<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, or\u00a0Care2<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Photo Credits: richardmasoner via flickr<\/a> (CC license); richardmasoner via flickr<\/a> (CC license); richardmasoner via flickr<\/a> (CC license); bagaball via flickr<\/a> (CC license); ajft via flickr<\/a> (CC license)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The League of American Bicyclists has had a Bicycle Friendly Community program going for years, as well as newer Bicycle Friendly Business and Bicycle Friendly State programs. Now, the League is adding one more, a Bicycle Friendly University (BFU) program. The program was actually officially launched in September at the annual Pro-walk\/Pro-bike conference in Chattanooga, …<\/p>\n