Student Government recently passed legislation to urge the University to investigate the creation of a bike commuter option.
The resolution, which would give students who usually bike to campus an undetermined number of parking passes good for one day, was created as an incentive for students who live off campus and would enjoy the cost-efficient bike commuter pass as opposed to the $63 per semester commuter parking pass for full-time students.
Matt Wyatt, senator for the College of Agriculture and co-author of the legislation, said he wrote this resolution to decrease problems with parking.
“Instead of creating more parking, we’re hoping to put less cars on the road,” he said. “The resolution will be implemented following software upgrades to [the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation’s] database point.”
At Duke, students are granted a certain number of one-day parking passes when they register as a bike commuter, and similarly, the Office of Parking at LSU will select an ideal number of passes for students that semester if the program is implemented.
While students will be presented with a select number of day passes for vehicle commuting, they can also chose to buy additional day passes or a semester parking pass at a later date at the Office of Parking. 
But some students worry the increase in bikers on campus will lead to a lack of available spaces on bike racks.
In response, Wyatt said the current amount of bike racks are determined based on the number of people within each building.
While there are enough racks now, SG can look into adding more in the future if needed.
Josh Brunet, petroleum engineering freshman, said he supports the idea of the bike commuter option and named saving money as one of the benefits.
“Opening up parking would also be another benefit,” he said.
Other students said they would prefer the convenience of a full-semester parking pass.
“This is Louisiana,” said Marcus Alexander, political science and sociology senior. “It storms all the time. I would rather the convenience of both options rather than just having a few day [parking]