Graduate and Professional Student Assembly members spent most of their two-hour meeting yesterday discussing a University committee's recommendation to ban bicycles from Locust Walk. Most GAPSA members agreed with University Council Safety and Security Committee's decision to have a private group study the effects of removing bicycles from campus. "It would be nice to do a study, a lot of people are concerned about it," Oriental Studies graduate student Leonard Reuter said. "But I think we need more input from a non-bike rider's point of view." GAPSA members also said they were disappointed with how the Council decision has been perceived by students, pointing out that the recommendation specifically bans riding bicycles not walking them around campus. Members discussed whether or not bicycle owners should be forced to register their bicycles to make identifying stolen bicycles easier. GAPSA unanimously agreed that Council's recommendation raised serious concerns. However, most members were opposed to completely prohibiting bicycles from campus. All GAPSA members said they think the University should increase the number of bicycle racks on campus, saying they wanted racks both at the perimeter of campus and near buildings. Goldstein said he would share GAPSA members' views at the next Council meeting later this month.
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