[E&S-seminars] March 10 - Tech Bikes seminar

[Karen Gibson]

Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series
Sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
<http://lfee.mit.edu>


TECH BIKES: MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT ON LOCAL SCALE

Atif Qadir '04 (Architecture/Urban Planning) and Damon Vander Lind 
'07 (Physics)

Wednesday, March 10, 2004
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
E40-496

Abstract

Tech Bikes is a transportation program that provides a fleet of 
bicycles for use by members of the MIT community.  It bridges the 
divide between mobility and access left by MBTA buses and subway, 
SafeRide, Tech Shuttle, private vehicles and simply walking.  It 
offers an on-demand, efficient, health-conscious, and 
environmentally-safe alternative.  Campus surveys and initial 
meetings with administrators have supported both the feasibility and 
impact of such a program at MIT, building on small bike share 
programs at Sidney-Pacific Dormitory and Pika.  The University of 
Rhode Island and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are in 
the early stages of implementing campus-wide versions.  Tech Bikes 
plans to run a dorm-based pilot program at East Campus in 
anticipation of implementation at the dorm and select other 
locations. 

Tech Bikes will make MIT the first university to implement low-cost, 
student-designed Intelligent Bike Racks using card reader technology 
and remote access for bike share, which radically increases ease of 
use and rider accountability.  Until now, only wealthy municipalities 
with government support could afford such a system.  The goal of Tech 
Bikes is to not only improve our own campus, but use it as a model 
for municipalities and universities that have few transportation 
options or are in search of low-cost and environmentally-conscious 
transport.

Light refreshments will be provided.
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