ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people contributed to the development of the UCLA Bicycle Master Plan by providing valuable input, comments and review of the document. UCLA Transportation Services would like to acknowledge these contributions by thanking the following organizations and individuals for their assistance in the bicycle plan development: ASUCLA UC Davis UCPD Jerry Mann David Takemoto-Weerts Dwight Ward City of Berkeley Office of UCLA Anderson School UCLA Professional Development Transportation Linda Campbell Program – Bicycle Marketing Team Heath Maddox Maria Blandizzi Olivia Diaz City of San Francisco Dept. of UCLA Bicycle Advisory Committee Marie Evans Parking and Traffic James Black Robert Miles Mike Sallaberry Neil Doshi Nancy Tran Dorothy Le Clancy Systems, Inc. Martin Lukac Stanley Wolfson Todd Nelson Alex Smith UCLA Sustainable Transportation Michael Tank Action Research Team Kimley-Horn and Associates Alex Thompson Dorothy Le Mark Brown Elaine Long UCLA Capital Programs Roscoe Concepcion-Mata Los Angeles County Bicycle Jeffrey Averill Erika Martin Coalition Lyndsey Cameron Daniel Yoshimoto Matt Benjamin Mark Denton Kent Strumpell Tova Lelah UCLA Transportation Services Advisory Board Los Angeles Department of UCLA Community At Large Rosemary Chavoya Transportation Dee Gordon Randall Crane Michelle Mowery Anna Krasnyanskaya Stephen Crosley Abbass Vajar Akane Nishimura Michael Deluca Chris Norlin Dorothy Le David Sookne Tony Padilla Los Angeles County Metropolitan Jason Walley Owen Smith Transportation Authority Aileen Yu Joseph Vardner Lynne Goldsmith Timothy Papandreou Portland State University UCLA Cultural and Recreational UCLA Transportation Services Dan Zalkow Affairs Interns Jacob Aftergood Teresa Fong Ryan Snyder Associates Shane Reynolds Sandra O’Flaherty Ryan Snyder Maureen Wadleigh Keri Tyler Jennifer Windrum Stanford University UC San Francisco Carolyn Helmke UCLA General Services Chris Weeks Jack Powazek Transportation for a Livable City Jeremy Nelson UCLA Institute of the Environment UC Santa Cruz Dr. Raphael Sagarin Larry Pageler UC Berkeley Kira Stoll UCLA Bicycle Master Plan ii Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................. 1 1.1 Overview............................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose.................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Bicycle Mission Statement ................................................................... 2 1.4 Goals, Objectives and Performance Measures...................................... 2 2.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS ............................................................................... 6 2.1 Regional Framework............................................................................. 6 2.2 Bike Planning History at UCLA........................................................... 7 2.3 Bicycle Safety and Education Programs............................................... 8 2.4 Local Land Use Patterns ....................................................................... 8 2.5 Public Transportation.......................................................................... 10 2.6 Bicycle Facilities................................................................................. 13 2.7 Bicycle Use......................................................................................... 18 2.8 Bicycle Thefts ..................................................................................... 26 2.9 Bicycle Impounds ............................................................................... 27 3.0 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ................................................................. 28 3.1 Public Outreach Meeting.................................................................... 28 3.2 Surveys................................................................................................ 30 3.3 Input from Campus Groups ................................................................ 36 3.4 Letters of Support ............................................................................... 39 3.5 Comments on Draft Bike Plan ............................................................ 39 4.0 RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................................. 40 4.1 Improve Bicycle Accessibility to UCLA............................................ 40 4.2 Improve On-Campus Bicycle Accessibility........................................ 41 UCLA Bicycle Master Plan iii 4.3 Improve Bicycle Parking at UCLA..................................................... 44 4.4 Offer Incentives to Bicycle to Campus............................................... 46 4.5 Campus Bicycle Regulations .............................................................. 49 4.6 Bicycle Safety and Education ............................................................. 51 4.7 Bicycle Marketing............................................................................... 52 4.8 Grant Funding..................................................................................... 58 5.0 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ......................................................................... 60 6.0 FINANCIAL PLAN......................................................................................... 62 7.0 APPENDICES.................................................................................................. 63 7.1 Appendix A – Bicycle Transportation Account Requirements .......... 63 7.2 Appendix B – Bikeway Definitions.................................................... 65 7.3 Appendix C – Spring 2004 Student Survey........................................ 68 7.4 Appendix D – Summer 2004 Online Bicycle Survey......................... 72 7.5 Appendix E – Letters of Support ........................................................ 78 7.6 Appendix F – Community Feedback on Draft Bicycle Master Plan .. 84 7.7 Appendix G – Examples of Bicycle Signage and Roadway Stencil... 91 7.8 Appendix H – Bicycle Improvement Grant Opportunities................. 94 UCLA Bicycle Master Plan iv List of Tables Table 2-1 Bus Lines Serving UCLA and Westwood .................................................... 11 Table 2-2 Designated Bikeways near UCLA................................................................ 16 Table 2-3 Summary of Bicycle Rack Usage, 2004 & 2005 .......................................... 18 Table 2-4 UCLA Student Bicycling Activity................................................................ 22 Table 2-5 Profile of UCLA Student Bicycle Commuters ............................................. 22 Table 2-6 Zip Codes of UCLA Student Bicyclists........................................................ 24 Table 2-7 Bicyclists Entering UCLA Campus by Location.......................................... 26 Table 2-8 Locations where Bicycles are Most Often Stolen......................................... 27 Table 3-1 Reasons Why Students Do Not Bicycle to UCLA........................................ 33 Table 4-1 Marketing Tools for UCLA Bicycle Program .............................................. 54 Table 4-2 Marketing Opportunities for UCLA Bicycle Program ................................. 57 Table 5-1 Short Term Implementation Plan for Bicycle Program (AY 2005/2006 to AY 2006/2007)............................................................... 60 Table 5-2 Long Term Implementation Plan for Bicycle Program (AY 2007/2008 to AY 2009/2010)............................................................... 61 Table 6-1 Bicycle Program Budget............................................................................... 62 UCLA Bicycle Master Plan v List of Figures Figure 2-1 Surrounding Land Uses............................................................................... 9 Figure 2-2 Public Transit Bus Stops........................................................................... 12 Figure 2-3 Shower & Changing Facilities.................................................................. 14 Figure 2-4 End-of-Trip Bicycle Parking Facilities..................................................... 15 Figure 2-5 Existing Off Campus Bikeways................................................................ 17 Figure 2-6 2005 Bicycle Rack Usage ......................................................................... 20 Figure 2-7 UCLA Student Bicycling Frequency........................................................ 23 Figure 2-8 Other Commute Modes Used by Student Cyclists ................................... 23 Figure 2-9 Zip Codes of UCLA Student Bicyclists.................................................... 24 Figure 3-1 Most Important Change Needed for Student Bicyclists ........................... 31 Figure 3-2 Least Important Change Needed for Student Bicyclists........................... 32 Figure 3-3 Most Important Change Needed to Bike to UCLA by Non-Cyclist Students..................................................................................................... 34 Figure 3-4 Least Important Change Needed to Bike to UCLA by Non-Cyclist Students..................................................................................................... 34 Figure 4-1 Proposed Bike Network for UCLA........................................................... 42 Figure 4-2 Example of Inverted U Bike Rack............................................................ 46 Figure 7-1 Two-way Class I Bike Path......................................................................