Bicycle

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Bicycle Pedestrian Safety on Campus

• Randolph Dillon
• English 106
• August 4, 2003

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Purdues Transportation Infrastructure

• Walking on Purdue Universitys campus can be
  dangerous.
• Commuting is not easy and safe as it should be.
• The campus streets and sidewalks are too
  congested.
• This makes it unsafe for pedestrians and
  bicyclist.

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Causes

• The sidewalks and streets are too crowed.
• Poor motorists awareness.
• Poor bicyclist and pedestrian awareness.
• Not enough room for pedestrian and cyclist to
  safely pass each other.

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Types of Accidents caused by lack of awareness
The vehicle fails to stop completely causing a
crash with the cyclist in the intersection.
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What if this vehicle were a City bus?
I have witnessed this type of scene too many
times at Purdue, but with City busses. The bus
driver fails to give the cyclist enough warning
before it get too close. This can startle the
cyclist and cause major accidents.
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Personal Encounter
I have been in this situations many of times at
Purdue. Even though I was aware of the vehicle,
the motorists probably was not aware of me.
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Citations

• 8-2-03, 310PMCITED EMILY S. VAUGHAN, 22,
  LAFAYETTE, INTO COURT FOR SPEEDING.
• 8-2-03, 1107PMCITED JUSTIN T. LEWIS, 18,
  LAFAYETTE, INTO COURT FOR DISREGARDING TRAFFIC
  SIGNAL.
• 8-1-03, 1240AMCITED RICO J. EPPS, 22, LANSING,
  ILLINOIS, INTO COURT FOR SPEEDING.
• 8-1-03, 125PMCITED FARHAN B. ABDULLAH, 20, WEST
  LAFAYETTE, INTO COURT FOR DISREGARDING STOP SIGN.

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Link for Reports

• http//www.adpc.purdue.edu/PhysFac/police/pages/as
  sist/stat/stat_daily.htm

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Civil Engineering Department

• The solution I am proposing is to implement a
  campus-wide bicycle path.
• I feel that this is the best solution for this
  problem because is addresses the concerns of the
  commuters.
• The path can separate motorists, pedestrians and
  cyclist, so that they are commuting on their own
  pathway.

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How can this be done?

• This solution can be taken on as a project for
  undergraduate or graduate students in the school
  of Civil Engineering.
• This can give them experience and In turn help
  make the campus safer for commuters.
• If this solution is found not feasible, it can
  still give students experience in planning, an in
  turn alternative solutions can derive from taking
  on this project.

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Link for Planning

• http//www.bicyclinginfo.org/pp/exemplary.htm

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Money

• Funding for this project can be raised in
  fundraiser or along with the The Campaign for
  Purdue.
• While I have no experience in planning, I feel
  that determining cost will be included in
  planning the path by the Civil Engineering
  Department.

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Final Thoughts

• I feel that implementing my solution is a very
  effective way to increasing safety for
  pedestrians and bicyclist commuting on campus.
• Building a campus wide bike path can add to the
  beauty of Purdue and make it even more
  distinguishable among college campuss around the
  nation.

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• Thank You!

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Credits

• http//www.bicyclinginfo.org/pp/exemplary.htm
• http//www.bicycledriving.com/trafficlaw.htm
• http//www.transalt.org/blueprint/chapter17/chapte
  r17c.html