HooBikes -- A Campus Transit System for UVA
HooBikes are bicycles for public use on and around the campus of the
University of Virginia. The brightly painted bikes are maintained by
volunteers from the campus and the Virginia Cycling Club.
During the school year, abandoned bikes collect in the university's
bicycle racks. At the end of the school year, the department of Parking and
Transportation removes the bikes and auctions them in large lots
to bicycle wholesalers. In the HooBikes program, volunteers restore
the bikes to working order, paint them, and register them with the University Police. The
bikes remain in the campus community, easing transportation and
reducing automotive traffic, while increasing the visibility of
cycling as a popular form of transportation.
Donations of equipment, time, or money are always welcome, and may be
made to the local bicycle companies listed below, or to the Virginia
Cycling Club.
Current Needs
- More Bicycles
- Rear Caliper brake and cable -- ~$15
- Rear 26" wheel
- 26" bicycle tubes
Current Bikes
Contacts
- David Forrest
- drf5n@virginia.edu
- Virginia Cycling Club
- Andrew Inglis, ai2v@virginia.edu
- Basic Bikes
- 1000 Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903
- Blue Wheel Bicycle
- 19 Elliewood Ave. Charlottesville,
VA 22903 977-1870
- University of Virginia Cycling Team and Club
- cycling@virginia.edu
- Relevant Laws
-
UVA Regulations
Parking and Transportation
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