About BamaBikes
The BamaBike Program is a Student Affairs initiative designed to provide a low-cost bicycle rental system for The University of Alabama. The program was developed to help students move around campus in a quick, safe, and sustainable fashion. Modeled after similar initiatives at Colorado State and Duke University, BamaBike draws upon the best features of bicycle rental systems from across the country to bring you an effective and efficient means of public transportation.
The BamaBike Program began life as an SGA Task Force in the fall of 2006. Chaired by Alex Flachsbart, the Task Force went on to assemble a working coalition comprised of representatives from University Recreation, the Student Government Association, the Ferguson Center, and the Office of Housing and Residential Communities. Officially housed in Student Affairs, the program will have several kiosks located at Rose Towers, the Ferguson Center, the Student Recreation Center and more.
The perfect complement to the Crimson Ride bus system, BamaBike will allow its users to move from point to point on campus atop sleek one-speed cruiser bikes with rear-mounted baskets for books and groceries. The program registration fee is $10.00 for unlimited use of the bikes until August 2009. Your registration fee will go directly towards maintaining the 36 bikes and program logistics.
To use the system, you must first complete the online registration process. Once you’ve been successfully entered into our database, you can walk up to the front desk at any of our four locations and ask to check out a BamaBike. The desk worker will ask to see your signed liability and consent forms and your receipt; once you’ve handed over the necessary paperwork, you will be handed a key to a bike locked to a rack near the kiosk. That bicycle is yours for up to one week. When you are finished using your BamaBike, you can return it to any one of our BamaBikes locations.
Please see our FAQ section for more information on the program.
