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<\/a>In case you haven’t heard, we\u00a0got some big news today!! Dickinson College was officially recognized as a Silver Rated Bike Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists. The League’s aim is to create a bicycle-friendly America, and does so by helping states, communities, universities, and businesses each become more bike-friendly. Every year, these kinds of groups can be evaluated by the League in order to see how they can improve.<\/p>\nThe Bicycle Friendly University (BFU) program evaluates the college’s efforts to promote biking in the areas of engineering, encouragement, education, enforcement, and evaluation\/planning. Dickinson’s Silver BFU award is a testament to the hard work of many people at the college who have successfully improved biking awareness by: bettering biking infrastructure through increased bicycle parking both indoors and outside, along with the new bike repair stands and bike pumps; opening and maintaining the Handlebar bike co-op and swap-shop, which has gained popularity with both volunteers and the community; increasing the number of biking events each semester, including the Bike to Farm Potluck held each semester; and boosting the number of people who are riding bikes through the Green Bikes and Red Bikes programs.<\/p>\n
On top of all these programs we already offer, we’re expanding every day!<\/p>\n
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