ESF Bicycle Safety Committee Summary

Develop a mission statement based on committee goals:

• Improve bicycle infrastructure on the ESF campus, in transition zones from ESF to SU, and in transition zones from ESF to the City
• Education on best practices
• Improved communication about bicycle facilities and programs at ESF
• Seeking out grant opportunities

Develop priority list based on importance as well as short and long term feasibility:

• Develop official ESF bicycle policies
• Develop a bicycle webpage
• Remove curb at east end of Illick Hall
• Install bicycle signage and striping on quad perimeter
• Advocate for bike boxes on Sims/Comstock
• Advocate for dedicated bike lanes on Euclid Avenue
• Install covered bike parking at east end of Marshall
• Develop a bike map connecting ESF to Syracuse points of interest

Bike education/awareness:

• Develop/implement education procedures
• Events, e.g., during Earth Week
• Bike repair station – there is no ownership of it, who is responsible for repairing it? Physical Plant?

Cycling Connections & Bike Library Program:

• Increase Bicycle infrastructure on Euclid
• Bicycle Friendly University Application
• Engage with other entities, e.g., SU (Joe Alfieri, Rex Giardine), City of Syracuse (Paul Mercurio) to make bicycling safer for ESF students/faculty/staff

Committee

• Melissa Fierke (EFB faculty, chair of committee)
• Ray Appleby (Personal Safety Committee, faculty in Bioprocess Engineering)
• Brian Boothyard (Facilities/Physical Plant)
• Brian McGuire (ESF police)
• Tim Toland (LA faculty, involved in campus planning)
• Maureen Bishop (USA rep, co-head orientation leader, Junior)
• Emily Bielejec (GCI President)
• Alex Poisson (ESF Sustainability Coordinator)