Parking & Transportation Services

Moving Vehicle Parking Code

Coral Gables Campus

2008-2009

7.         Bicycle Information

7.01      Bicycle Guidelines

            Bicycles must abide by all rules of the road as set forth in the State of Florida Statutes. Bicycles ride with the flow of traffic as near to the right side of the road as possible.

7.02      Bicycle Parking

            Park bicycles only in designated bicycle racks.   Bicycle parking is prohibited at administrative and academic buildings. Any bicycle not parked at a bicycle rack may be removed by Parking & Transportation Services and held until claimed by the owner. To be claimed, bicycles need not be registered with the University of Miami, but proof of ownership must be presented.

7.03      Bicycle Registration

            To deter thefts and increase the chance of recovery of a stolen bicycle, the Department of Public Safety offers free registration of all bicycles.

7.04      Abandoned Bicycles

             For the purposes of this policy, "abandoned bicycle" means all tangible bicycles that are presumed, by reasonable aesthetic standards, to be disposed of on University property in a partially or fully wrecked, inoperative, or dismantled condition or has no apparent intrinsic value to the rightful owner.

The University makes bicycle racks available for student, faculty and staff use.   From time to time, bicycles are left at bicycle racks (locked and unlocked) and considered abandoned per the definition detailed in this policy.  In these cases, the University of Miami Police Department (UMPD) will attach a notice of abandonment to the bicycle in an attempt to notify the owner that the bicycle is considered “abandoned” by the University, and that the bicycle is subject to removal per this policy.  After 20 days from attachment of notice of abandonment, said bicycle will be removed from its current location by whatever means necessary.  Removal of notice of abandonment will not constitute claim by the owner.  The owner must either remove the bicycle or personally contact the University of Miami Police Department Crime Prevention Office (305-284-1105) to prevent removal.  UMPD holds confiscated bicycles for ninety (90) days during which time they may be reclaimed by rightful owners.