An enhanced moped parking program provides 25 new spots in 11 locations throughout the four Ann Arbor campuses.
The program is a collaboration between Architecture, Engineering & Construction, Parking & Transportation Services (PTS), the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the University Planner’s Office.
“The objective is to provide expanded capacity on all Ann Arbor campuses, to better distinguish the moped (from bicycle and motorcycle) parking and to designate safe parking with specific signage,” says Dave Miller, PTS executive director.
DPS will enforce moped parking, Miller says.
Rising gas prices have increased interest in using mopeds as alternative transportation, Miller says. Use of mopeds, which fall into a category of low-powered motorized vehicles 50cc or under, is one of several potential answers.
The University will follow State of Michigan and City of Ann Arbor regulations regarding the definition of mopeds and limit parking in these new locations to those motorized vehicles 50cc or under.
Riders can look for the “Moped Parking” signs in the new areas and for “Moped Only” decals on bike loops designated for mopeds. For safety reasons riders need to walk their mopeds from the street to the bike loops. Bicycles are not to be parked at the decaled loops.
The University has added moped parking in the following locations:
North Campus — six new spaces
NC20 Lot, at GG Brown Laboratory — two bike loops at the east end of the existing motorcycle parking area
NC43 Lot, at Art & Architecture building — four bike loops in existing motorcycle parking area in southeast corner of lot
Medical Campus — five new spaces
M30 Lot, in Oversize Vehicle Lot across from the Taubman Center on East Medical Center Drive — three bike loops in existing motorcycle parking area in west end of the lot
M48 Dock, at School of Public Health — two bike loops in existing bicycle parking area on Washington Heights just east of SPH II
Central Campus — eight new spaces
C3 Lot, between Dana Natural Resources building and Randall Laboratory of Physics — one bike loop in existing bicycle parking area
C5 Lot, at Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library — four bike loops in existing bicycle parking area at the north end of the drive near the overhang
N16 Lot, between Fletcher Street Parking Structure and Palmer Drive Parking Structure — two bike loops in north end of existing motorcycle parking area
W12 Dock, at Student Activities Building — one bike loop in existing bicycle parking area on south side of dock
South Campus — six new spaces
SC3 Dock, at Administrative Services building — one bike loop in existing bicycle parking area on the west side of the dock
SC9 Lot, at Coliseum — four bike loops in existing bicycle parking area on north side of Fifth Avenue entry/exit lane to/from the lot
SC16 Lot at Campus Safety Services Bldg. — 1 bike loop in existing bicycle parking area on the south side of the building’s main (west) entrance
