Police Services to educate operators of traffic laws and city ordinances on and around University roadways
RENO, Nev. – University Police Services will conduct enforcement and education patrols on campus roadways and adjacent streets for individuals operating bicycles and skateboards in an unsafe manner. This initiative will include enforcement and outreach patrols at targeted intersections and crosswalks over the next several weeks.
Reno Municipal Code states that a bicyclist must obey all traffic laws, and that bicycles should be ridden as if the rider is operating a motor vehicle. Under Reno Municipal Code, skateboards, roller skates and roller blades are not to be operated in a careless manner. Skateboards are allowed on campus, by policy, as a means of transportation to and from class and should be used in a safe and careful manner that does not include stunts or result in property damage.
“Bicycles and skateboards are always encouraged to be used on campus as a means of transportation to and from the campus, but should be used in a safe manner and obey all traffic laws and city ordinances,” says University Police Commander Todd Renwick.
Police Services has taken several complaints from the campus community about bicyclists and skateboarders weaving in and out of traffic, not stopping at stop signs and passing vehicles on the right side to causing near-miss accidents. In some instances, students have suffered injury due to accidents.
The enforcement period will begin Sept. 13 and continue through Dec. 1. Over the current fall semester, University Police will continue to conduct additional pedestrian- and crosswalk-enhanced enforcement and education targeting pedestrian and motor-vehicle laws as they pertains to crosswalks.
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Nevada’s land-grant university founded in 1874, the University of Nevada, Reno has an enrollment of more than 17,000 students. The University is home to one the country’s largest study-abroad programs and the state’s medical school, and offers outreach and education programs in all Nevada counties. For more information, visit www.unr.edu.
Media Contact:
Todd Renwick
Commander
University of Nevada, Reno Police Services
University of Nevada, Reno/250
Reno, NV 89557
trenwick@police.unr.edu
775-784-4013
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