A new bike lending program for AU

A special allocations request for a bike-lending program presented by Ian Cramer passed on April 8 at Student Senate.

“Alfred will not have a specific sharing program, it will have a lending program,” Cramer specified.

The key difference is that with a sharing program the bikes are integrated throughout the campus and students use one when they see it. Alfred will have a system similar to a video rental store, where the borrower will go to McLane Fitness center and acquire a bike for a set period of time.

The presentation given to Student Senate, in the form of a PowerPoint, outlined the benefits, presented the results of a poll taken about such a program and offered a proposed budget.

The Bicycle Lending Program Budget drafted by Ian Cramer and Jay Price amounted to a grand total of $9,992 with an intricate breakdown of how the funds would be allocated.

The request for $10,000 passed after a period of Q and A in which Cramer addressed any concerns that students had with the proposal.

Since this is a developing story, look for a follow-up article detailing Alfred’s new bike lending program for the upcoming 2009-10 year in future issues of the Fiat Lux or online at www.thefiatlux.com.