“I began to bike this year and the first day that I came it was a mess,” Zhan said. “I didn’t know where to park. I wanted to park out of other people’s way, but the way the system was designed was not feasible for everything to be organized.”

About a month ago, Zhan began drafting her petition and organizing her thoughts. For the next two weeks, Zhan talked to other bikers to get their opinions for her petition. She collected signatures for the petition over the following five days from staff members, bikers and other students.

Until the bike racks can be permanently configured, Zhan pictures a temporary rearrangement of the racks so that they are appropriately spaced, which would not be as expensive.

“In my mind, it was more of a small-scale moving project, because right now half of the bike racks are located parallel, but the way I wanted it to be rearranged was to make more room between the racks,” Zhan said. “I measured the distance between the current racks and I also measured comfortably distanced bike racks and a number of bikes and got the average length from wheel to wheel to get a sense of whether the bikes do or do not fit.”

According to Metheany, Zhan’s proposal is “very feasible” if planned out accordingly. He hopes to at least reconfigure the racks over the summer, if not fully renovate them.

“I’ve been an administrator for 12 years … and for 12 years we’ve been looking for money,” Metheany said. “[We] would have [renovated] it 12 years ago if we had the money.”