Transportation, Land Use, Community Design

Sector Success Story

Bike West Liberty: Biking Stations and Clubs

West Liberty University: 2023 Community Partner

The Main Goal
Changing the campus environment and promoting physical activity by encouraging biking on campus.

The Purpose
Biking has been something that is discouraged on campus. Allowing biking at school allows opportunities for students and staff to participate in physical activity. It also gives them another option of transportation to campus. Creating a more accessible and active campus.

27 bike racks put on to campus

200 college students and staff reached

15 different locations of bike racks on campus

Project Outcomes

Policy Changes

Created physical and observable change with bike stations and racks all around West Liberty University campus.

Building Capacity

All students and staff are encouraged to join and participate; Allowed more opportunities of transportation to get to campus

The Bottom Line

The new policy allows for a more active, inclusive, and social campus. They are creating a new and positive campus life. It brings many new opportunities and they are continuing to grow. They completed the first phase in 2023 and continued their second in 2024 and plan on continuing growing the cycling community on campus.