No Bike? No Problem! Making it Easier for UCLA Bruins to Commute by Bike

Jimmy TranActive Transportation PlannerUCLA Events & Transportationjtran@ts.ucla.edu

UCLA Student Population

6 years to gain 5,000 students~ 25 years to gain 5,000 students

UCLA has 44,947 students—almost

45,000!

UCLA Employee Population

Employee population has increased, reaching 31,233 in 2016This is an increase of ~22% staff since 2010

Sustainable TransportationUC Goals◦Sustainable Practices Policy

◦Carbon Neutrality in Operations by 2025

UCLA Goals◦Reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020

◦Reduce vehicle trips to and from campus

E&T Goals◦Reduce employee drive alone rate to 48%

◦Maintain parking capacity below the parking space cap

UCLA Commuting Student Mode Split2000 2016

UCLA Employee Mode Split1990 2016

UCLA Bicycle Master Plan published

UCLA Bike Shop established

2005-06

Road Sharrows added

Bruin Bike Library Created

(long-term rental bikes

1st UCLA Bike Recycling Day

Self-serve bike repair stands

installed

High-visibility bike lanes and

bike boxes added

LED Bike Counter Totem

added

Commuter Bike Loaner

Program

Bike channel & contraflow bike

lanes added

Earn-A-Bike Program

Bike Citation Diversion Program

Bike Paths

Protected bike lanes

Bruin Bike Share

Bike Pathway Study

2008 2011 In Progress20152013 2016

Bicycling has tripled since the Bike Master Plan’s creation (to approximately 3,000 cyclists on campus)

Bicycling Incentives Programs created to incentivize close-in commuters to walk or bike to campus:

◦ Bruin Bike Library – Bikes for rent by academic quarter to students for their commute and use

◦ Bruin Commuter Club Bike Benefits – Up to $50/year incentives including shower access, local bike coalition membership and bike shop vouchers

◦ Bike Recycling Day – Impounded bikes are given out to UCLA community every Fall quarter

◦ Employee Commuter Bike Loaner Program – Partnership with UCLA Bike Shop to allow employees to borrow bike for two weeks to try commuting via bicycle

◦ Earn-A-Bike Program – Give up your parking permit for two years, get a free $450 bike! Open to graduate students Fall 2017

Evolution of Campus Bike Programs

Phase I. Student Bike Library

Phase II. Departmental Bikes

Phase III. Bike Proliferation

• Long-term bike rentals for students

• Bikes also available at the UCLA Guest House and Tiverton House

• Pilot program provided 20bicycles to campus departments & made them available for employees

• Established grad student resident bike subsidy program

• Employee loaner bike program and Earn-A-Bike providing more options

Phase IV. Bike Share System

• Short-term rentals on campus and nearby Westwood Village

Partner Community System Plans

I-10

I-405

Choice Architecture• The design of different ways in which choices can be presented to consumers

• We see this in everyday life-especially prevalent in fields of sustainability, transportation & health

• At UCLA, ride-hailing (Lyft/Uber) is popular among students going to, from, and across campus

• How can we mitigate some of those trips towards active transportation?

UCLA a Living Lab

The Bike Path Forward• Assess bike share’s overall effect on sustainable transportation goals

• Further decreasing obstacles for bicycling through Last Mile efforts with Metro

• Supplementing bike incentives with additional bike infrastructure and bike safety education