College Freshman Get Free Bikes if They Leave Their Cars at Home

Jennifer Lance — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:10:40 +0000

Freshman entering the University of New England and Ripon College are given free bikes if they promise to leave their cars at home. At Ripon College, 200 Trek mountain bikes, helmets and locks were given to freshman that signed up for the program. Dr. David C. Joyce, Ripon’s president and competitive mountain biker, explained, “We did it as a means of reducing the need for parking, but as we looked at it from the standpoint of fitness, health and sustainability, we realized we have the opportunity to create a change.”

Via: New York Times

Image: University of New England

College: Ditch the Four Wheels, We’ll Give You Two

Shirley Siluk Gregory — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:49:55 +0000

Ripon College is offering a free Trek mountain bike to new students who come to campus this fall and sign a pledge to leave their cars at home.

Campus officials say their “Ripon Velorution Program” is the first such initiative in the U.S.

A four-year liberal arts college founded in 1851, Ripon College is located in Ripon, Wisconsin. The state is also home to two Trek Bike factories, one in Waterloo and one in Whitewater.

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College Freshman Get Free Bikes if They Leave Their Cars at Home

College: Ditch the Four Wheels, We’ll Give You Two