There are many options for getting around on campus, and they all have their challenges — parking, long wait times for buses, trying to get from ten Hoor to Galalee in ten minutes. But bikes offer the speed one needs for a huge campus without the trouble of parking.

However, many places are a hassle when you’re on a bike. The Ferguson Center is the hub for student activities but is incredibly inconvenient to traverse on a bike. The stairs are your only option since bikes are banned from the wheelchair ramp and parking deck walkover.

But many people aren’t strong enough to haul their bikes up the steps. There are no bike racks on the bottom level of the Ferg, causing many people to lock their bikes to lamps or benches. I suggest that the University install two small bike ramps on either side of the stairs, just large enough for the tires, so that cyclists may walk their bikes up.

In addition, the University should stop allowing vehicles to park in the bike lanes, an offense which carries a fee of a hundred dollars. It’s either dangerous and punishable or it’s not; it doesn’t matter if it’s a delivery truck or a private vehicle, both of these block the bike lane and therefore neither of them should be allowed to park there.

The bike lanes on the transit-only road in front of Carmichael are often so blocked with trucks and UA vehicles that they are unusable. It frustrates me that the University is willing to prioritize the convenience of a Pepsi truck over my safety. Hopefully they will soon recognize bikes as a valid form of transportation and act accordingly.

Anna Turkett is a freshman in New College.