Bicycle Transportation Alternatives – A Timeline:

• September 2, 2005: Applied for $1.5 million in federal funding through CAMPO to build first 2 miles of bikeway connecting campus to city bikeway, bike lanes, and pathways.
• May 25, 2006: Auxiliary Services begins expansion into support of bicycling onto and within campus as a transportation alternative with the installation of the first five bus bicycle racks on the intercity buses.
• June 12, 2006: Texas State is awarded $1.5 million in STP-MM (Metropolitan Mobility)
• September 2006: Space is set aside in Pleasant Street garage remodel for a permanent bicycle repair facility and covered bicycle storage.
• October 17, 2006: Texas State receives funding contract for bikeway
• December 2006: Auxiliary Services applies for and receives campus space to begin bicycle co-op in garage at the corner of Vista and Academy; receives first delivery of abandoned bicycle from UPD for Bicycle Co-op program use.
• January 4, 2007: Ordered basic bicycle tools; acquired surplus equipment; began disassembly of bicycles at new Co-op location.
• January 24, 2007: Review progress of bicycle promotion and co-op development with ESC. Set first meeting to develop basic framework for opening up co-op for regular hours.
• January 26, 2007: Transportation and Parking Committee scheduled to review and approve the portion of Campus Master Plan bikeway route awarded in the STP-MM grant.
• February 8, 2007: Kickoff of Bobcat Bicycle Co-op at 5:30 p.m. in the LBJ Student Center, room 3-12.1
• May 13, 2008:  Funds obligated for STM-MM grant, planning and development of first 2 miles of campus bikeway may begin.
• December 1, 2008:  Original bike co-op closed doors to pack-up and begin moving to new bike co-op location.
• January 20, 2009, (tentative):  New bike co-op to open in the first floor of the Pecos building, (behind the music building, just off of Sessom Dr.).  New location is over twice as large as original location; is much closer to central campus; will have 3 times as many work stations for repair; and allows for future expansion.
• February 9, 2009: Bike Cave opens new co-op location in room 100 of the Pecos building, increasing work and storage space by 300%.  New location includes additional tools, storage, and work stations for students, faculty and staff with a location just one block off the primary bus hub on campus.
• Summer of 2009:  The Bike Cave staff reconditioned and sold over 50 bicycles during the summer months this year!
• August 31 - September 4, 2009: Offered first major sale of reconditioned bicycle stock to coincide with the beginningg of the Fall 2009 semester.  The sale began with offerings to students only, and placed 24 reconditioned bicycles in the hands of Texas State students.