“so it’s probably the students (through their campus fees), and not the taxpayers at large, paying for this.”
UD is extremely expensive. $38,500 a year just for tuition and $1,150 a credit hour. I think they might be able to scrape $600 out of the budget for a “free” bike to promote a liberal warm fuzzy feeling. It also probably costs 5 times that amount to build and maintain a parking spot.
In “Breaking Away” the pretty girl on campus (Robyn Douglass” drove either a Vespa or a Cushman little motor scooter. It appeared about ideal for the job of getting to your next class.