Bicycle Information
Register Your Bicycle
We encourage all bike owners to register their bike with University Police. This will help the police track and return your bike to you should it be stolen or lost.
Get a bike license that doesn’t expire
Easily register your bike to receive your license decal. This process, however, doesn’t reserve you a bike locker. Please contact the UW-Platteville Office of Residence Life at 608.342.1845 for additional information about bike lockers.
Regulations
- Bike on roadways and sidewalks.
- Riders must obey all traffic laws when operated on the roadway.
- Riders who violate traffic laws may be cited for violations, just as drivers of motor vehicles.
- Riders must yield right of way to pedestrians when riding on sidewalks.
- Bicyclists riding on a public street or walk shall ride in a straight line and give pedestrians the right of way at street crossings.
- Bicyclists on campus property will take extraordinary care and yield the right of way to pedestrians at all times.
- Bicycles may be parked near building entrances and on sidewalks, provided they do not obstruct access to buildings, ramps, travel ways, disabled parking spaces, or walkways.
- Bicycles may only be secured to a bicycle rack or locker. Bicycles secured to any other object, including trees, light posts, or fence railings, may have the lock cut off and the bicycle removed, at the owner’s expense.
- Bicycles shall not be parked within buildings except areas specifically designed for this purpose, and specifically authorized by the UW-Platteville Police Department.
- Bicycles must be removed from bicycle racks and/or lockers at the end of each spring semester.
- In the city of Platteville, no person can ride a bike upon any public walk in the area bounded by Water, Furnace, Chestnut, and Pine streets, including sidewalks bordering those streets.
- Bikes ridden on public streets within the city of Platteville are required to be licensed with the city or another jurisdiction. A UW-Platteville license meets this requirement. The UW-Platteville Police Department registers/licenses bikes at no cost and provides a non-expiring bike license tag for students.
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- Bicycles shall not be parked within 25 feet of any university building entrance except in approved bicycle racks or lockers.
- Bicycles shall not be parked within university buildings except in areas specifically designed for this purpose, and specifically authorized by University Police. {Admin Code 81.06(8), Bicycles}
- Bicycles must be removed from bicycle racks and/or lockers at the end of each spring semester.
- Bicyclists riding on a public street or walk shall ride in a straight line and give pedestrians the right of way at street crossings.
- Bicyclists on campus property shall exercise extraordinary care and yield the right of way to pedestrians at all times.
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- In the City of Platteville, no person shall ride a bicycle (as well as skateboards, roller skates, or in-line skates) upon any public walk in the area bounded by Water Street, Furnace Street, Chestnut Street and Pine Street, including sidewalks bordering those streets.
- Bicycles that are ridden on public streets within the City of Platteville are required to be licensed with the City of Platteville or another jurisdiction. The University Police registers bicycles at no cost and provides a non-expiring bicycle registration tag for students residing on campus.
Missing a Bike?
If you think your bike was stolen, notify University Police as well as the City of Platteville Police.
If your bike has gone missing while on campus property, contact Facilities Management by calling 608.342.1155. It is possible the bike may have been confiscated and placed in locked storage if it was illegally parked in a non-designated area or appeared abandoned.