Path to collaboration

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– July 10, 2009Posted in: Current News

Path to collaboration

 SUSANN GLENN  
New occupants of the BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) who are
settling in will soon begin to blaze new biomedical trails, and
faculty, staff and students traveling to the new center from campus
will need a trail of their own. Fortunately, Rice’s Facilities,
Engineering and Planning anticipated the need and has constructed a
1,000-foot-long path for that purpose.

For use by pedestrians,
bicyclists and drivers of the university’s small electric service
carts, the path originates on Alumni Drive near Wiess College, passes
along an elevated berm through the stormwater detention basin and runs
between Main Street and the track stadium. Since university carts are
not allowed to cross public thoroughfares, the path ends in a cart
parking lot at the corner of Main Street and University Boulevard.
Pedestrians and bicyclists can then access the BRC via the
intersection’s pedestrian crosswalk.

Lights, blue-light emergency phones and landscaping are still being added, but the path is already open for use.

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