Winona State University
Located in the beautiful bluff country of the Mississippi River Valley, the Winona campus is largely residential and primarily serves a traditional student age population, while the Rochester campus serves primarily non-traditional students. The Institute for Lifelong Education, headquartered on the Rochester campus, meets the needs of the non-traditional student on each campus and provides the structure for outreach activities compatible with the mission of WSU. Commonly-held principles help Winona State University prepare undergraduate and graduate students on both campuses. We value differences and work collaboratively, continuing a legacy of a century-and-a-half of service.
Winona State University recognizes that many of the learning experiences of college occur outside the classroom. It therefore is committed to building and maintaining a caring community. On both campuses, community members strive for amicable relationships based on shared values and an affirmation of the principle of freedom of speech within an atmosphere of civility and mutual respect. Governed by collective bargaining agreements and guided by principled leadership, we respect diversity and collaborate to resolve issues that affect us all. We celebrate our common successes and our distinctive heritage.
In May 2007, Winona State University’s president joined many other campus leaders in signing the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. Dr. Judith Ramaley’s act on behalf of WSU exemplifies our campus’s attention to sustainability and environmental issues.
Our campus community is challenging itself to act more in ecological harmony with other human beings and other species in the interest of social justice and survival. As we move in a sustainable direction, we must consider economic, environmental and social factors, or “the triple bottom line.”
We are committed to measuring results against self-defined and national standards. Through this ongoing assessment, one in which students, faculty, and staff participate, we will improve continuously and establish accountability for results. The Winona State University Climate Commitment subcommittees represent our commitment to greening the campus, the community, and ultimately the world.
For more information please visit: http://www.winona.edu/green/
Kill-A-Watt
Students purchased several Kill-a-Watt energy monitoring devices. The first stage of the project entailed students to go out to different residential halls (on and off campus) to show how much energy comsumption certain items used on a daily basis. During the second stage of the project students will then determine ways students, faculty and staff can reduce energy consumption. The third stage of the project has the students post tips all over campus and in the community that promote the reduction in energy consumption.
To educate students, faculty and staff on individual behaviors that use energy while in the dorm, home, or office. In order, to promote students, faculty and staff to reduce energy consumption by providing specific tips.
Winona State University Proposed Energy Efficiency Procurement Policy
Purpose :
In concert with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, the purpose of this policy is to support the purchase of products that will minimize negative environmental impacts. The purchasing decisions of students, faculty and staff can make a difference in favor of environmental sustainability.
Policy
It is the policy of Winona State University that, in the selection of supplies and equipment, specifications will include criteria that promote Energy Star qualified or comparable certifications. Specifications that certify efficiency and/or low energy consumption will be given preference, whenever they perform satisfactorily and are available at a reasonable price.
A. All Winona State University personnel will purchase Energy Star qualified appliances whenever practical.
B. All Winona State University personnel will purchase products that contain recycled materials and environmentally preferable products whenever practical.
To reduce the energy consumption by switching our buildings over to greener products.
Nothing in this policy should be construed as requiring the purchase of products that do not perform adequately or are not available at a reasonable price.
Definitions
A. “Environmentally Preferable Products” are products that have a lesser impact on human health and the environment when compared with competing products. This comparison may consider raw materials acquisition, production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, reuse, operation, maintenance, or disposal of the product.
B. “Recycled Products” are products manufactured with waste material that has been recovered or diverted from solid waste. Recycled material may be derived from post-consumer waste (material that has served its intended end-use and been discarded by a final consumer), industrial scrap, manufacturing waste, or other waste that would otherwise have been wasted.
Carbon Footprint for WSU
In the spirit of collaboration, Winona’s largest public and private institutions – Winona State University, the City of Winona, the County of Winona, Winona Area Public Schools, Minnesota State College – Southeast Technical, Cotter High School, and Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota – have all committed to partnering together to “walk the talk” in implementing sustainable environmental practices. In order to support this goal, the Sustain Winona group was formed, and developed a list of eleven core goals. This carbon footprint report is intended to be the beginning of a coordinated effort focused on the first two goals; energy conservation and efficiency, and renewable energy.
To establish a baseline for comparison.
By establishing the carbon footprint of Winona State University it establishes a baseline against which progress and goals can be measured and communicated. Once the baseline has been established, we can begin the important work of energy conservation and efficiency, and the implementation of renewable energy sources.
Winona State Ride Board
The Winona State University ride board program has been recently expanded to include the entire WSU community.
Originally a Student Senate project, the ride board began as a way for students to organize together and save money. The new ride board system includes a student ride board, student commuter ride board, faculty ride board, and a ride board for all members of the WSU community.
It is the goal of the WSU Goes Green initiative and Student Senate, to provide convenience for those who are traveling, and to reduce the carbon foot print of Winona State University by encouraging people to car pool.
MnSCC Grant!
Winona State University Bicycle Programming, Summer 2010 Report on Progress, 1
Summer 2010 MN Schools Cutting Carbon
Grant Report for
Winona State University
A Million Miles per Gallon: Transitioning to a Bicycle-Based Community
Project Description
“A Million Miles per Gallon” promotes bicycles in Winona as a viable alternative to automobiles.
Recent years have seen a tremendous growth in bicycling among Winona State students. In
conjunction with this increase, our Environmental Club’s annual Bike Week has led to a studentrun
bike repair station and a Student Senate–initiated bike rental program.
This grant will fund three prongs of our bicycle-promotion campaign: 1) we will expand our
current bike rental program by purchasing 20 industrial cruiser bikes for students’ semester-long
use; 2) we will guarantee student staffing for the recently launched WSU Bike Station; and 3) we
will install bicycle racks on our student shuttle service, enabling mixed bike/public transportation
options.
Our university community is building on current programs to achieve a more sustainable bike
program that significantly reduces our carbon output. Geographically, Winona is ideal for
bicycling; we hope to make bicycle-based transportation the norm.
Task Report
Objective I: Expand our bike rental program (the Purple Bike Program)
Longterm Bike Rental Agreement approved
· Paul Stern worked with our legal department to obtain approval for our
longterm bike rental contract.
Student billing process established for longterm rentals
· Paul Stern worked with Dave Thorn in the WSU Business Office to integrate
billing for longterm bike rentals with the campus student billing system.
Purchasing bikes and helmets for longterm rental:
· 20 Sun Industrial Cruiser bikes were ordered in April and have now been
purchased. Paul Stern has been working with a local bike shop, Kolter Bikes,
on this. 6 bikes are ready to ride, 9 more have been built and are available
for pickup, and 5 more are coming.
(20@ $275.00 ea. = $5,500.00 — $200.00 below budget)
· Helmets were purchased through Kolter Bikes.
(20@ $25.00 ea. = $500.00)
· Locks for these bikes were purchased from the Student Resource Center
Budget.
(Matching funds: 20@$12.00 ea. = $240.00)
Winona State University Bicycle Programming, Summer 2010 Report on Progress, 2
Develop Assessment Day questions
· Paul Stern developed Assessment Day questions regarding the Purple Bike
Program. The Office of Assessment and Institutional Research administered
these questions in February 2010.
Develop tracking system
· Paul Stern developed a tracking system for daily bike rentals using
SharePoint/Clientele systems. This will be adapted for longterm rentals.
Track data and usage
· Data and usage of the daily bike rentals are currently being tracked (e.g.,
there were 760 individual daily bike rentals between Sept. 7, 2009 and June
30, 2010). This system will be adapted for longterm rentals.
Compile student use data
· Paul Stern is tracking student use data for daily rentals. Data is entered in
the SharePoint/Clientele system by student staff at the Student Resource
Center who oversee daily operations for the day rental portion of the bike
rental program.
· Data collected includes date and time of rental; student membership in the
Purple Bike Program; bike, helmet, and lock number for items checked out;
and student ID, phone number, and email. This system will be adapted for
longterm rentals.
Expand day rental program
· Student Senate funding allocated in spring 2010 has enabled the addition of
10 Sun Atlas X-Type Industrial Cruisers to the day rental side of the Purple
Bike Program. Previous day rental bikes consisted of 3 newly purchased
tandem bikes and a set of abandoned, refurbished, and/or donated singlerider
bikes. Student survey responses indicated a desire for more
reliable/higher quality rental bikes.
(Matching funds: 10@$275.00 = $2,750.00)
Funding for maintenance
· While our initial plan was to have the rental bikes maintained by trained
student workers at the Bike Station, the MN Attorney General required that
bikes rented to students—even daily rentals with no charge—be maintained
by a professional bicycle store. This increases costs.
Student Senate has allocated funding for ongoing maintenance of rental
bikes.
(Matching funds: $3,550.00 for 2 years of bike maintenance and program
management)
Survey students regarding usage
· Survey questions regarding the Purple Bike Program were given to 945
students on Assessment Day in February 2010. The following results were
obtained and we have responded as described:
o As of February, 3% of students had rented bikes through this new
program.
Winona State University Bicycle Programming, Summer 2010 Report on Progress, 3
o Those who had rented bikes frequently suggested “more bikes” and
“better bikes” in the suggestion section. As mentioned above, Student
Senate has since allocated funds for 10 new bikes to expand the
rental program.
o Many suggested promoting the Purple Bike Program more. The
program spent many months with its own link on the WSU homepage,
and we will continue to develop promotional materials as appropriate
to capacity.
Student Senate approval for longterm bike rental model
· At the beginning of this fall semester we Student Senate approved our
longterm bike rental model. As noted above, Student Senate has already
financially supported growing this program in other ways.
Ongoing projects / challenges:
· Marketing. Now that we have Student Senate approval for the longterm bike
rental model, we can implement a marketing plan.
· Storage space for bike rentals. As our bike rental program grows, we
continue to seek storage space for the rental bikes. At the moment, the
rental program has outgrown the Bike Station, which previously provided
sufficient space.
Objective II: Continue student staffing for the WSU Bike Station and education of
students in maintaining and repairing their own bikes
Support annual WSU Bike Week.
· WSU Bike Station staff and tools provided essential support this year for our
3rd annual WSU Bike Week, which took place from Monday, Apr. 12 – Friday,
Apr. 16. About 150 student bikes were worked on—tires pumped up, chains
oiled, brakes adjusted, etc.
· The 3rd annual WSU Bike Week was led by student coordinators Zach
Wormwood, Jonathan Roberts, Kelsey Piepkorn, Logan Mullen, Jessica
Giesen, and Sarah Burke, with faculty advisor Gretchen Michlitsch.
· Official campus-level sponsors included the Environmental Club, the Cycling
Club, the Mountain Biking Club, the student newspaper the Winonan, the
WSU Foundation, a WSU Grant for Undergraduate Student Creative
Projects, Parking Services, and the WSU Bike Station.
· Local business sponsors included Kolter Bikes, from which bike helmets and
bike lights were purchased at cost and given away as raffle prizes, and
Adventure Cycle, from which 2 Trek 7.1 FX bikes were purchased at cost and
given away as raffle prizes.
Train new staff
· Due to the spring 2010 graduation of two of the three students who staffed
the Bike Station after it opened in October of 2009, we wanted to be sure that
we trained someone during the spring 2010 semester. Bike Team member
Sarah Burke, who is a sophomore this fall, trained in the Bike Station in the
spring and joined the staff on a regular basis this fall. We will continue to
Winona State University Bicycle Programming, Summer 2010 Report on Progress, 4
train new students this fall, as Bike Team member and Bike Station staff Zach
Wormwood will be graduating in December.
Track student use of the Bike Station
· Student Bike Station workers Zach Wormwood and Jonathan Roberts began
a log to keep track of Bike Station use.
While we continue to refine our data keeping for the Bike Station, Wormwood
has compiled the following data:
Of students with bikes who came to the Bike Station, we supplied support for
these types of bike maintenance issues:
· 16% needed flat tires fixed
· 40% required work on their drive train (greased chains, derailers,
wheel truing…)
· 40% used an air pump
· 56% needed brake work
· 56% came to use tools, or required more advanced bike work
Data was recorded for 25 students who visited the Bike Station between 3
Nov. and 24 Nov. of 2009 and between 17 Mar. and 10 May 2010;
Wormwood estimates that about 40% of students assisted during this time
were not recorded. Recorded visits to the Bike Station averaged 42 minutes
with each student. 2010-2011 will be our first full academic year for the Bike
Station.
Bike Station oversight
· Bike Station supervisor Shirley Mounce (from our Parking Department) retired
in June after playing an essential role in establishing the Bike Station.
Currently, the Bike Station depends on student initiative. While we have no
new director and do not foresee getting one in the near future, the Bike
Station remains a collaboration between various agents across the university.
Ongoing staff/faculty support is provided by Paul Stern (Coordinator for
University Information and Guest Relations), Gretchen Michlitsch
(Environmental Club Advisor), and Housing, which provides the space.
Establish Bike Station hours and set work schedule
· A decision was made to add the hours allotted in the budget to student
staffing over the summer to hours available during the academic year. This
will enable the training of and communication between Bike Station student
staff and will enable increased coverage during times when more students
are on campus.
Ongoing projects / challenges:
· We continue to work on marketing for the Bike Station.
· We would like to further refine our method for tracking student use of the
Bike Station.
· We will further develop methods for analyzing potential impact on carbon
emissions.
Winona State University Bicycle Programming, Summer 2010 Report on Progress, 5
Objective III: Install Bike Racks on Campus Bus
Purchase Bike Racks for campus bus
· Student Logan Mullen had consulted with Don Ploe of Metro Transit in the
Twin Cities last fall. Ploe recommended that we get a stainless steel bike
rack; Metro Transit uses the DL2 model from Sport Works.
· Because the new lease was up for bids and a new 3-year contract during the
spring semester, work was not begun on this project until after the lease had
been awarded again to Philipps Bus. The leased bus is a 1999 Gillig
Phantom.
· In the process of selecting a rack, Gretchen Michlitsch consulted with Jeff at
Philipps Bus and with Tammy at Jim’s Truck & Trailer, which would install the
rack. In addition, Don Ploe and Chuck Wurthinger (in Maintenance) at Metro
Transit were consulted; Metro Transit has the Sport Works DL2 model
installed on 400-500 Gillig Phantoms, and can attest to its durability.
· Written estimates for both the DL2 and the Velo Porter 2, including shipping
costs, were obtained from Sport Works in Washington State. We decided to
go with the DL2.
· In the process of obtaining estimates for installation prices from Jim’s Truck
and Trailer, it was brought to our attention that Rochester City Lines was
interested in selling a used Sport Works stainless steel bike rack of
indeterminate vintage but in good working order. RCL is selling the rack
because it is retiring the bus on which it is installed.
· After consulting with members of the WSU Sustainability Committee, and
after consulting with VP Kurt Lohide and the Business Office regarding
liability for a used bike rack, the decision was made to purchase this
used/recycled rack from Rochester City Lines.
· A written estimate of $200.00 for purchase and delivery of this used bike rack
in good working order was obtained from Dan Holter, owner of Rochester City
Lines.
· The Business Office has now approved the Requisition for Purchase in
preparation for obtaining this used/recycled bike rack.
· Purchasing a used bike rack would potentially enable us to use the remaining
budgeted funds to purchase a bike rack for one or more of the vans used for
intercampus transport during less busy hours. The bus itself runs only during
peak hours and thus would limit student options for transporting bikes.
Ongoing projects / challenges:
· We continue to work on the purchase and installation of the bike rack.
· We will explore options for a bike rack for one or more of the campus vans
used as intercampus shuttles.
· When the rack is installed, we will need to work on education regarding
safe use of the bike rack on the bus.
· We will further develop methods for analyzing potential impact on carbon
emissions.
WSU A Million Miles per Gallon
Winona State University, MN Schools Cutting Carbon Progress Report, Jan. 2011, p. 1
January 2011 MN Schools Cutting Carbon
Grant Report for
Winona State University
A Million Miles per Gallon: Transitioning to a Bicycle-Based Community
Project Description
“A Million Miles per Gallon” promotes bicycles in Winona as a viable alternative to automobiles.
Recent years have seen a tremendous growth in bicycling among Winona State students. In
conjunction with this increase, our Environmental Club’s annual Bike Week has led to a studentrun
bike repair station and a Student Senate–initiated bike rental program.
This grant will fund three prongs of our bicycle-promotion campaign: 1) we will expand our
current bike rental program by purchasing 20 industrial cruiser bikes for students’ semester-long
use; 2) we will guarantee student staffing for the recently launched WSU Bike Station; and 3) we
will install bicycle racks on our student shuttle service, enabling mixed bike/public transportation
options.
Our university community is building on current programs to achieve a more sustainable bike
program that significantly reduces our carbon output. Geographically, Winona is ideal for
bicycling; we hope to make bicycle-based transportation the norm.
Winona State University, MN Schools Cutting Carbon Progress Report, Jan. 2011, p. 2
Task Report
(Updated Jan. 2011)
Objective I: Expand our bike rental program (the Purple Bike Program)
Highlights:
The daily rental program began in 2009 with refurbished abandoned bikes. In the fall of 2010,
with our new industrial cruiser bikes, Winona State University’s Purple Bike Program
dramatically increased its daily rentals.
Sun Industrial Cruiser
20 purchased with MN Schools Cutting Carbon grant; 10 purchased by WSU Student Senate
Usage data demonstrating major growth of this program:
From July 1, 2010- Nov. 1, 2010 (4 months): 1360 bike rentals to students.
From Sept. 7, 2009- July 1, 2010 (10 months, including a winter): 781 bike rentals to students.
Longterm rentals of Sun Industrial Cruisers will begin during the Spring 2011 semester.
Winona State University, MN Schools Cutting Carbon Progress Report, Jan. 2011, p. 3
Previously reported progress toward Objective I:
Longterm Bike Rental Agreement approved
· Paul Stern worked with our legal department to obtain approval for our
longterm bike rental contract.
Student billing process established for longterm rentals
· Paul Stern worked with Dave Thorn in the WSU Business Office to integrate
billing for longterm bike rentals with the campus student billing system.
Purchasing bikes and helmets for longterm rental:
· 20 Sun Industrial Cruiser bikes were ordered in April and have now been
purchased. Paul Stern has been working with a local bike shop, Kolter Bikes,
on this. 6 bikes are ready to ride, 9 more have been built and are available
for pickup, and 5 more are coming.
(20@ $275.00 ea. = $5,500.00 — $200.00 below budget)
· Helmets were purchased through Kolter Bikes.
(20@ $25.00 ea. = $500.00)
· Locks for these bikes were purchased from the Student Resource Center
Budget.
(Matching funds: 20@$12.00 ea. = $240.00)
Develop Assessment Day questions
· Paul Stern developed Assessment Day questions regarding the Purple Bike
Program. The Office of Assessment and Institutional Research administered
these questions in February 2010.
Develop tracking system
· Paul Stern developed a tracking system for daily bike rentals using
SharePoint/Clientele systems. This will be adapted for longterm rentals.
Track data and usage
· Data and usage of the daily bike rentals are currently being tracked (e.g.,
there were 760 individual daily bike rentals between Sept. 7, 2009 and June
30, 2010). This system will be adapted for longterm rentals.
Compile student use data
· Paul Stern is tracking student use data for daily rentals. Data is entered in
the SharePoint/Clientele system by student staff at the Student Resource
Center who oversee daily operations for the day rental portion of the bike
rental program.
· Data collected includes date and time of rental; student membership in the
Purple Bike Program; bike, helmet, and lock number for items checked out;
and student ID, phone number, and email. This system will be adapted for
longterm rentals.
Expand day rental program
· Student Senate funding allocated in spring 2010 has enabled the addition of
10 Sun Atlas X-Type Industrial Cruisers to the day rental side of the Purple
Winona State University, MN Schools Cutting Carbon Progress Report, Jan. 2011, p. 4
Bike Program. Previous day rental bikes consisted of 3 newly purchased
tandem bikes and a set of abandoned, refurbished, and/or donated singlerider
bikes. Student survey responses indicated a desire for more
reliable/higher quality rental bikes.
(Matching funds: 10@$275.00 = $2,750.00)
Funding for maintenance
· While our initial plan was to have the rental bikes maintained by trained
student workers at the Bike Station, the MN Attorney General required that
bikes rented to students—even daily rentals with no charge—be maintained
by a professional bicycle store. This increases costs.
Student Senate has allocated funding for ongoing maintenance of rental
bikes.
(Matching funds: $3,550.00 for 2 years of bike maintenance and program
management)
Survey students regarding usage
· Survey questions regarding the Purple Bike Program were given to 945
students on Assessment Day in February 2010. The following results were
obtained and we have responded as described:
o As of February, 3% of students had rented bikes through this new
program.
o Those who had rented bikes frequently suggested “more bikes” and
“better bikes” in the suggestion section. As mentioned above, Student
Senate has since allocated funds for 10 new bikes to expand the
rental program.
o Many suggested promoting the Purple Bike Program more. The
program spent many months with its own link on the WSU homepage,
and we will continue to develop promotional materials as appropriate
to capacity.
Student Senate approval for longterm bike rental model
· At the beginning of this fall semester Student Senate approved our longterm
bike rental model. As noted above, Student Senate has already financially
supported growing this program in other ways.
Ongoing projects / challenges:
· Marketing. Now that we have Student Senate approval for the longterm bike
rental model, we can implement a marketing plan.
· Storage space for bike rentals. As our bike rental program grows, we
continue to seek storage space for the rental bikes. At the moment, the
rental program has outgrown the Bike Station, which previously provided
sufficient space.
Winona State University, MN Schools Cutting Carbon Progress Report, Jan. 2011, p. 5
Objective II: Continue student staffing for the WSU Bike Station and education of
students in maintaining and repairing their own bikes
Recent developments: Aaron Rykus was hired as this fall as the 3rd student worker
staffing the WSU Bike Station. Sarah Burke and Aaron will continue staffing the
Bike Station this spring, and with Zach Wormwood’s graduation in December, we
will again be hiring. Data on numbers of student bikes repaired and maintained
at the Bikes Station for Fall 2010 is expected to be available in the near future.
Previously reported progress toward Objective II:
Support annual WSU Bike Week.
· WSU Bike Station staff and tools provided essential support this year for our
3rd annual WSU Bike Week, which took place from Monday, Apr. 12 – Friday,
Apr. 16. About 150 student bikes were worked on—tires pumped up, chains
oiled, brakes adjusted, etc.
· The 3rd annual WSU Bike Week was led by student coordinators Zach
Wormwood, Jonathan Roberts, Kelsey Piepkorn, Logan Mullen, Jessica
Giesen, and Sarah Burke, with faculty advisor Gretchen Michlitsch.
· Official campus-level sponsors included the Environmental Club, the Cycling
Club, the Mountain Biking Club, the student newspaper the Winonan, the
WSU Foundation, a WSU Grant for Undergraduate Student Creative
Projects, Parking Services, and the WSU Bike Station.
· Local business sponsors included Kolter Bikes, from which bike helmets and
bike lights were purchased at cost and given away as raffle prizes, and
Adventure Cycle, from which 2 Trek 7.1 FX bikes were purchased at cost and
given away as raffle prizes.
Train new staff
· Due to the spring 2010 graduation of two of the three students who staffed
the Bike Station after it opened in October of 2009, we wanted to be sure that
we trained someone during the spring 2010 semester. Bike Team member
Sarah Burke, who is a sophomore this fall, trained in the Bike Station in the
spring and joined the staff on a regular basis this fall. We will continue to
train new students this fall, as Bike Team member and Bike Station staff Zach
Wormwood will be graduating in December.
Track student use of the Bike Station
· Student Bike Station workers Zach Wormwood and Jonathan Roberts began
a log to keep track of Bike Station use.
While we continue to refine our data keeping for the Bike Station, Wormwood
has compiled the following data:
Of students with bikes who came to the Bike Station, we supplied support for
these types of bike maintenance issues:
· 16% needed flat tires fixed
· 40% required work on their drive train (greased chains, derailers,
wheel truing…)
· 40% used an air pump
Winona State University, MN Schools Cutting Carbon Progress Report, Jan. 2011, p. 6
· 56% needed brake work
· 56% came to use tools, or required more advanced bike work
Data was recorded for 25 students who visited the Bike Station between 3
Nov. and 24 Nov. of 2009 and between 17 Mar. and 10 May 2010;
Wormwood estimates that about 40% of students assisted during this time
were not recorded. Recorded visits to the Bike Station averaged 42 minutes
with each student. 2010-2011 will be our first full academic year for the Bike
Station.
Bike Station oversight
· Bike Station supervisor Shirley Mounce (from our Parking Department) retired
in June after playing an essential role in establishing the Bike Station.
Currently, the Bike Station depends on student initiative. While we have no
new director and do not foresee getting one in the near future, the Bike
Station remains a collaboration between various agents across the university.
Ongoing staff/faculty support is provided by Paul Stern (Coordinator for
University Information and Guest Relations), Gretchen Michlitsch
(Environmental Club Advisor), and Housing, which provides the space.
Establish Bike Station hours and set work schedule
· A decision was made to add the hours allotted in the budget to student
staffing over the summer to hours available during the academic year. This
will enable the training of and communication between Bike Station student
staff and will enable increased coverage during times when more students
are on campus.
Ongoing projects / challenges:
· We continue to work on marketing for the Bike Station.
· We would like to further refine our method for tracking student use of the
Bike Station.
· We will further develop methods for analyzing potential impact on carbon
emissions.
Objective III: Install Bike Racks on Campus Bus
Current status: Philipps Bus, the company from whom we lease the bus, has assured us
that they will deliver the WSU intercampus bus to Jim’s Truck and Trailer for
installation either the first or the second week of January 2011. The bike rack
itself is already at Jim’s Truck and Trailer.
Previously reported progress toward Objective III:
Purchase Bike Racks for campus bus
· Student Logan Mullen had consulted with Don Ploe of Metro Transit in the
Twin Cities last fall. Ploe recommended that we get a stainless steel bike
rack; Metro Transit uses the DL2 model from Sport Works.
Winona State University, MN Schools Cutting Carbon Progress Report, Jan. 2011, p. 7
· Because the new lease was up for bids and a new 3-year contract during the
spring semester, work was not begun on this project until after the lease had
been awarded again to Philipps Bus. The leased bus is a 1999 Gillig
Phantom.
· In the process of selecting a rack, Gretchen Michlitsch consulted with Jeff at
Philipps Bus and with Tammy at Jim’s Truck & Trailer, which would install the
rack. In addition, Don Ploe and Chuck Wurthinger (in Maintenance) at Metro
Transit were consulted; Metro Transit has the Sport Works DL2 model
installed on 400-500 Gillig Phantoms, and can attest to its durability.
· Written estimates for both the DL2 and the Velo Porter 2, including shipping
costs, were obtained from Sport Works in Washington State. We decided to
go with the DL2.
· In the process of obtaining estimates for installation prices from Jim’s Truck
and Trailer, it was brought to our attention that Rochester City Lines was
interested in selling a used Sport Works stainless steel bike rack of
indeterminate vintage but in good working order. RCL is selling the rack
because it is retiring the bus on which it is installed.
· After consulting with members of the WSU Sustainability Committee, and
after consulting with VP Kurt Lohide and the Business Office regarding
liability for a used bike rack, the decision was made to purchase this
used/recycled rack from Rochester City Lines.
· A written estimate of $200.00 for purchase and delivery of this used bike rack
in good working order was obtained from Dan Holter, owner of Rochester City
Lines.
· The Business Office has now approved the Requisition for Purchase in
preparation for obtaining this used/recycled bike rack.
· Purchasing a used bike rack would potentially enable us to use the remaining
budgeted funds to purchase a bike rack for one or more of the vans used for
intercampus transport during less busy hours. The bus itself runs only during
peak hours and thus would limit student options for transporting bikes.
Ongoing projects / challenges:
· We continue to work on the purchase and installation of the bike rack.
· We will explore options for a bike rack for one or more of the campus vans
used as intercampus shuttles.
· When the rack is installed, we will need to work on education regarding
safe use of the bike rack on the bus.
· We will further develop methods for analyzing potential impact on carbon
emissions.
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