Active Commuting: Biking to Campus

Commuting by Bicycle provides many benefits. You can:

• Park your bike close to class.
• Get an aerobic workout while commuting.
• Save money on car payments, gas, insurance and repairs.
• Forego purchasing a parking pass.
• Reduce stress.
• Be happier while commuting.

Tips for Commuting by Bicycle

Gather Your Gear

• Get a bicycle, helmet, high quality U-lock, lights and reusable water bottle.
• Wear sunscreen and bring a cell phone and ID.

Protect Your Bicycle

• Register your bicycle at bike.asu.edu.
• Learn how to securely lock your bicycle.

Learn the Rules of the Road

• Take Traffic Skills 101, a bicycle education class.

Choose Your Route

• Tempe Bikeway Map, MesaRides Bike Map, Maricopa Association of Governments Bikeways Map for the entire Maricopa County.
• Google Maps.

Get Comfortable

• Find a buddy to commute with (sharetheride.com).
• Practice your route on the weekend.

Plan Your Routine

• What will you wear?
• Will you bring a change of clothes?
• How will you carry the things you need?
• Where will you park your bicycle?
• Will you need a shower, locker or place to change?

Get Started!

Bicycle Safety Tips

Plan your route

• Choose a route that is safe and comfortable for you to cycle on. It could be a road or trail.

 Bicycle on the road

• If you don’t feel safe cycling on a particular road, choose a parallel route that you do feel safe on, or walk your bicycle on the sidewalk.

Be visible at night, dusk and in the rain

• Have a front white light, rear red light, bicycle reflectors and wear light colored/reflective clothing.

Follow all traffic signs, lights and laws

• Come to a complete stop at stop signs.
• Walk your bicycle through crosswalks and on sidewalks.

Be aware of what is going on around you

• Never wear ear buds/head phones, text or use a cell phone while cycling.

Turn responsibly

• Look over your shoulder.
• Signal with your arm.
• Go when safe.

Be courteous

• Pass on the left, give plenty of space and an audible signal.
• Yield to pedestrians.
• Bicycle slowly on the campus mall.

Wear a helmet, sunglasses and sunscreen

Lock your bicycle well

• Register your bicycle at bike.asu.edu.
• Use a high quality U-lock.
• Use ASU’s Free Bicycle Valet parking.
• Use ASU’s Free Card-Access Bicycle Parking.

Use the ASU Bike Co-Ops at any Sun Devil Fitness for

• Free flat repairs
• Free tune-ups
• Free rental bikes for weekly or semester checkout (Polytechnic)
• Free instruction and tutorials on performing your own basic bike maintenance
• Car racks and night riding lights for daily checkout (Polytechnic)
• Skateboard adjustments, repairs, bearing lube