Bike West Lafayette
Goal:
To educate and encourage more people to commute by bike in West Lafayette by working with our project partners and completing our proposed deliverables. Creating resources for community members to learn more about biking.
Community Project Partner:
Cohort of students in the NRES 497 capstone course at Purdue University, Amy Krzton-Presson (Wabash River Enhancement Corporation) and Halee Griffey (West Lafayette Climate Officer)
Team Members
- Nowak, Evan
- Richardson, Alex
- Gramm, Cassie
- Snapp, Makaylee
- Covey, Cielo
- Clodfelter, Joley
Summary:
The goal of this collaborative project was to educate the West Lafayette community about biking and encourage more people within the city to view biking as a reliable mode of transportation. The final deliverables that were created through the duration of the spring 2024 semester included an informational pop-up banner on the benefits of biking, a GIS map of bike infrastructure around Purdue University’s campus, and a supplemental StoryMap to accompany both products.
Overall, our group provided some great resources and information to help educate the citizens of West Lafayette about biking as a form of commuting and the various health, economic, and environmental benefits associated with it. From the River Fest banner which will be displayed at the famous Wabash Riverfest in July to our story map and trail/bike rack maps, hopefully, many people around the Greater Lafayette community will be able to learn a bit more about biking and maybe even consider picking it up. Our goal is to have anyone who wants to be able to find the story map, which could provide valuable information about where you can ride your bike and where to park it around campus and West Lafayette. The RiverFest banner is ready to go and will be displayed at RiverFest but the story map could be of concern as we saw during our presentation. It works better on certain browsers than others and is not as easily accessible as a normal website. A link to the story map on the existing Bike West Lafayette website would work but maybe even creating just a whole new webpage with the same information would be good for the future. Something that would take a bit more work but would be very beneficial in the long term would be creating a joint West Lafayette/Lafayette bike trail map showing the trails in both cities. Many people live in one city and commute to the other and overall they are two very connected cities, so a map with both could be a huge resource to everyone. In conclusion, we believe all of our deliverables turned out well, and are able to educate anyone looking for biking information!
