Pomona College has invited bike sharing company ofo to the 5Cs for a two-week pilot program beginning Feb. 21, but staff at Pomona’s existing free bike rental shop, Green Bikes, have concerns about the program and the company’s motivations. Ofo is a Beijing-based company that lets users rent its dockless
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HMC Bicycle Class Changes the Gears of Local Government
Few politics classes at the 5Cs are as hands-on as Bicycle Revolution. The Harvey Mudd College class, first taught during the Spring 2016 semester by Professor Paul Steinberg, has students bike to meetings with advocacy groups and city officials. The class, which is offered again next semester, focuses on environmental politics, specifically on political
Campus Safety Focuses on Decreasing Bike Thefts
About a month ago, Frank Bedoya, Pomona College's senior associate dean of campus life, witnessed a bike theft. “I observed a car drive up by the bike racks over by Pomona Hall,” Bedoya said. Bedoya then saw two people with backpacks leave the cars and approach the bike racks. Suspicious, he called campus
Pomona Monitors Bike Theft Through Expanded Camera Network
Pomona College will be the last of the five Claremont Colleges to expand security camera surveillance to bike racks. According to Vice President of Facilities and Campus Services Bob Robinson, the college began adding 61 cameras around bike racks in August. Those cameras will be functional beginning Dec. 1. Interim
Bike Theft Rises Across 5Cs, Administration Responds
When bikes are unlocked, stealing one is as easy as riding it. And though the simplest solution to this crime is often the strongest—a hefty lock—the Claremont Colleges are also turning to high-tech tactics to combat continued thefts. Since 2010, the five undergraduate colleges of the Claremont Colleges have seen
Bike Theft Rate Rises at 5Cs
The Claremont Colleges witnessed the theft of 30 bicycles last month—the most bikes stolen in any month in the past four years. Campus Safety received at least seven more reports of stolen bikes in the first week of November. According to Campus Safety records, the rate of reported bike theft
Dead People on Bikes: Halloween Critical Mass
Harwood Halloween wasn’t the only festivity in which 5C students participated last weekend. Friday night, members of the Claremont Colleges Dope Bike Coalition (CCDBC), an unofficial group of bicyclists at the 5Cs, gathered outside the Outdoor Education Center (OEC) with helmets and radical costumes for “Dead People on Bikes,” otherwise
Improperly Parked Bikes To Be Impounded Under New Pomona Policy
Bicycles that are not parked on bike racks or in student rooms will be impounded under a new Pomona policy that goes into effect April 16. The Student Affairs Committee (SAC) proposed the policy last fall and voted to approve it March 26. The new policy states that if bicycles
Bike Policy on Hold as SAC Awaits New Racks
As the 30-day comment period following the proposal of a new bike policy from Pomona’s Student Affairs Committee (SAC) comes to a close, SAC members are awaiting the delivery and installation of new bike racks on campus before making any final decisions about the policy, which would stipulate that bicyclists
SAC Bike Policy Comes Under Attack
A proposed policy change to the Pomona College Student Handbook that would tighten the enforcement of rules governing where bicycles can be parked on campus provoked strong negative responses from some students this week, prompting the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) to send a follow-up e-mail to all Pomona students yesterday