Articles Tagged ‘bikes’

FreeBike Project adopts one-for-one movement

By mollie berg · Daily Trojan

February 25, 2013 at 10:12 pm

FreeBike Project adopts one-for-one movement

The project, which rents bikes with advertisements to students for free, hopes to eventually spread to college campuses nationwide.

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Pedestrians should play equally important role in their own safety

By Francesca Bessey · Daily Trojan

September 17, 2012 at 11:47 am

USC’s pedestrian safety campaign has been doggedly trying to instill a sense of accountability in the large contingent of cyclists and boarders on campus. But and equally important component of pedestrian safety is pedestrian accountability. Somewhere down the line, there seems to have been a subtle injection of an us vs. them mentality into the [...]

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Student Affairs, USG implement new bike lanes

By Steven Kearns · Daily Trojan

August 23, 2012 at 10:50 am

As students flock to the University Park Campus for classes this fall, they will find new, portable bike lanes flanking Trousdale Parkway. A joint project by the Office of Student Affairs and the Undergraduate Student Government, the bike lanes, marked with “bike sharrows,” enable students to bike up and down Trousdale without interfering with pedestrian [...]

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Lanes won’t solve USC’s bike problem

By francesca bessey · Daily Trojan

April 25, 2012 at 9:56 pm

Lanes won’t solve USC’s bike problem

USC’s campus simply can’t be made bike friendly; students should switch to longboards.

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Letter to the editor

April 18, 2012 at 9:03 pm

While saving space for bikes, USC should keep its charm. What makes you proud to call yourself a Trojan? Is it our exceptional academic or athletic rankings? Is it the unique oasis of the campus? Is our Trojan pride being run over by bikes? It is time that the conversation regarding bicycles be at the [...]

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Letter to the editor

April 2, 2012 at 8:51 pm

The administration should create bike paths on campus.  Biking is the fastest way to get to class at USC. Many of us bike down Ellendale Place, turn left on Jefferson Boulevard and bike across the intersection at McClintock Avenue. Do you wonder if there are police waiting to give you a ticket for riding your [...]

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Students approve new bike campaign

By kenny lee · Daily Trojan

November 1, 2011 at 11:18 pm

Students approve new bike campaign

The university launched a campaign Tuesday aimed at changing bike culture.

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USC’s flexible approach to bikes progressive

By Daniel Grzywacz · Daily Trojan

November 1, 2011 at 7:23 pm

USC’s flexible approach to bikes progressive

The walk to class every day is surprisingly tricky. Anyone who has walked on campus knows to be aware of the multitude of wheeled vehicles that weave precariously among pedestrians in a frenzied mesh of near-collisions and last-gasp rushes for the start of class. USC has had a longstanding bike problem, and the few changes [...]

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Disabled lost in sea of bikes

By nick kostopoulos · Daily Trojan

September 12, 2011 at 8:06 pm

Students’ lack of awareness of wheelchair presence on campus poses traffic issues.

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Abroad, coddling not an option

By Maya itah · Daily Trojan

April 11, 2011 at 9:14 pm

Abroad, coddling not an option

Study abroad programs often make it too easy for students to adjust to foreign cultures.

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