Saturday 21 January 2012

Bicycle Theft in US Universities

What You Should Know
• 1 in 13 bikes are stolen on a university campus
• 1 in 315 bikes stolen on a university campus is recovered and returned to its owner
• The average value of a stolen bike is $350
• The average value of a bike lock is $20


What You Can Do
• Buy a U-lock and chain at your local bike store
• Register your bike, so that your bike's serial number is automatically on file in a national database
• Check back with MyAssetTag. It's developing a bike registry and bike asset tags, all free
• Share this infographic and registry with your friends and readers, so that less people lose their bikes
Bicycle Theft in US Universities
(via @myassetag)