By Robert van Sluis
Arizona Daily Wildcat
April 7, 1998

University of bad roads

To the Editor:

For the past couple of months I have been cycling to work and on my way I ride across the UA Mall. When I first came across it, I thought the bad road surface, particularly on the eastern half, would be a temporary situation. Surely, with all the building work going on on campus, at some point they must come to put a new surface there.

Well, that has not happened yet. I am sure I am not the only cyclist literally feeling the bad effects of the quality of the mall cycling lanes. But maybe I am the first one to write about and complain about it in public.

It is about time we got a new, smooth roadsurface on the UA mall. Not only would that make riding the bike more enjoyable, but also more safe. I only hope that with the Nike deal going through, this does not mean we'll all have to wear Nike gear in order to ride it.

Robert van Sluis
Research Associate
Biochemistry