Colorado State University

Wednesday, June 24, is Bike to Work Day. Stop by one of four stations on our main, south and foothills campuses between 6:30-9:30 a.m. for breakfast. The breakfast stops, sponsored by CSU Parking and Transportation Services and community partners, is one of many stations throughout Fort Collins. CSU volunteers will provide coffee, juice, water, fruit and continental breakfast items. CSU is hosting stations at the following locations:

• Oval near Administration Building, sponsored by Colorado State University, Breakaway Bike Ads, Edge Optics, Mugs Coffee Lounge
• Drake and Mason Streets near the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, sponsored by the CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Benjamin Morgan with Farmers Insurance, Eger CPA, Elan Yoga and Fitness, McAlister's Deli.
• North Overland Trail and Laporte Avenue - USDA National Wildlife Research Center
• Northeast corner of Overland Trail and West Elizabeth Street - Centers for Disease Control, Gib's Bagels, Starbucks

At the breakfast stations, you also can register your bike, a requirement on campus, for $10, get free help with minor repairs and adjustments, and get more information about biking in Fort Collins and on campus. Bike to Work Day is a biannual event to encourage people to bicycle for transportation, experience the benefits of riding a bike, highlight Fort Collins’ extensive bike routes, and demonstrate that bicycling is an easy, fun and healthy means of traveling around the city. 

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Need a bike tune-up and want to learn how to do basic bike repairs at the same time?

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Drive Electric Northern Colorado, CSU Parking and Transportation Services, and local dealerships are offering an innovative chance for CSU staff and faculty to get behind the wheel of plug-in electric vehicles to learn about the cost savings, environmental benefits, and national security benefits of driving electric. the event, from 11 a.m.-2p.m., Wednesday, January 14, will be on University Avenue in front of the Plant Sciences building. Drive Electric Northern Colorado, a partnership of Colorado State University and the cities of Fort Collins and Loveland, is a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at achieving widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles in the Northern Colorado region. The chance to test drive an electric vehicle through the partnership's Ride-and-Drive program is free to all CSU faculty and staff. The Ride-and-Drive event combines the opportunity for CSU faculty and staff to learn about how plug in electric vehicles s are cleaner, greener, cheaper, and fun to drive while putting them behind the wheel of today’s latest vehicle technology. “CSU strongly supports our campus community driving electric vehicles and we’ve installed 10 charging points on campus to date. As one of the country’s leading green universities, we care about doing our part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support innovative technology in electriv vehicles,” said Amy Parsons, vice president for Operations, after test driving a Chevy Volt. Up to eight electric vehicle models will be available to test drive, and may include the Chevy Volt, Nissan LEAF, BMW i3, Mitsubishi iMiEV, Ford Fusion Energi, Ford C-Max Electric, and the Tesla Model S. At this event, current electric vehilcle owners will ride with each driver to explain the vehicle and about their experience owning an electric vehicle. Drive Electric staff will be present at the event to help attendees learn about federal and state tax credits (up to $13,500) available for purchasing or leasing an electric vehile, and how using electricity instead of gasoline can save consumers thousands of dollars in yearly operating costs. CSU now has 10 charging stations throughout campus where, as a faculty or staff member, you can charge daily for free.    

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Colorado State University now offers 10 electric vehicle chargers at five on-campus stations.

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The Around the Horn is a new, free shuttle bus route designed to help students, faculty, staff and visitors get across campus quickly, conveniently and safely. The route began in August and features 15 stops across campus, with a loop that begins at the Lake Street Garage, to and around the Oval, across the Lory Student Center, down to Moby Arena, and back. On Nov. 13 CSU students will be hosting a campaign to advertise the utility and convenience of Around the Horn. There will be groups of students set up from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the bus stop on Plum St. near Laurel Village and on Lake St. near the parking garage. These students will have snacks and T-shirts to give away to students, employees and visitors who download the Transfort App and take a ride on the bus. The university will also be hosting an Instagram contest for anyone who rides the bus. The most creative picture posted with the hashtag #aroundthehorn will win a prize. The goal of this event is to spark interest in the Around the Horn shuttle bus, while providing information and resources on transportation at CSU.   About Around the Horn This shuttle bus system was funded in part by a vote of CSU students. The system was implemented by the city’s Transfort system with the help of the CSU student government and the university’s Division of Parking and Transportation Services.  The bus route is a circle around campus (going both north and south). There are 14 total stops throughout campus. The entire route takes only 10 minutes. The purpose of this bus is to make campus commutes easier and to encourage people to utilize other forms of transportation other than driving.

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Commuting to or around CSU, you might have noticed a new addition to various intersections and on-campus locations. The RamGuards and RamBassadors are two new programs, introduced this fall, designed to provide peer-to-peer education about traffic laws and promote a safe commuting environment for students, employees and visitors. RamGuards keep campus intersections safe Campus Safety Officers, who are students trained by CSU police, help move bicyclists, pedestrians, longboarders and motor vehicles safely across campus. These crossing guards direct traffic in selected, high traffic intersections to promote safety and reduce opportunities for conflict and accidents at intersections where bicycle and pedestrian traffic outnumbers vehicles. RamGuards are stationed at the intersections of Lake and Center, Pitkin and Meridian, and South and Meridian during peak hours of traffic flow across campus. RamBassadors help navigate across campus RamBassadors are trained students who provide in-person education at 45 campus locations to students, employees and visitors about navigating their way across campus. They focus on reminding students, faculty, staff and visitors about safety when commuting to or on campus, such as slowing down when approaching busy areas, and using the proper bike or pedestrian lane. They also share helpful tips to avoid violating CSU transportation laws and regulations. RamBassadors were developed to help encourage safety and reduce the number of accidents or collisions among bikers, pedestrians and longboarders on campus. In addition to providing in-person education on campus, RamBassadors also gather data about bike rack capacities and the number of bikes, pedestrians and longboarders traveling through their assigned location for the day. That information is shared with Parking and Transportation Services to help inform decisions about bike rack placement and safety on campus. “The RamGuards and RamBassadors programs have started out strong and encourage the CSU community to have patience in the program’s start-up phase while they become a vital asset to commuter safety,” said Aaron Fodge, CSU’s alternative transportation manager.

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Scooter riders on campus may not be familiar with laws and regulations, including campus requirements.

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Around the Horn, a new, free cross-campus shuttle, will start service on Monday, Aug. 18, with a limited schedule.

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The City of Fort Collins has launched a new parking permit program to ease on-street parking congestion in several neighborhoods.

The Residential Parking Permit Program, called RP3, helps to provide close and convenient on-street parking for residents, using a system that limits parking in a neighborhood to only those residents and their guests with permits.

The Spring Court, Sheeley and Mantz neighborhoods are the first to adopt the program; additional neighborhoods are exploring the program. Each neighborhood in the program has its own unique parking requirements. For more information, visit the City of Fort Collins website or call (970) 416-2036.

Don't park in these neighborhoods

Students and employees should avoid parking in all neighborhoods near campus and consider taking advantage of local alternative transportation options, such as MAX or Transfort, to commute to campus. Students and employees who do choose to park in a permit program zone will receive a citation.

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