PSA: Using Personal Transportation Devices (PTD) at UTRGV
Dear Campus Community:
The UTRGV Police Department and Office of Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management would like to remind all students, faculty, and staff of the existing Personal Transportation Device (PTD) policy. This policy has been in place since December 2019.
PTD’s are assistive devices that facilitate individual human transportation and include, but are not limited to, bicycles, roller skates, scooters, skateboards, Segways, hover boards, and unicycles.
Per the policy:
- Use of PTD’s is prohibited on all covered walkways, breezeways, and pedestrian bridges on all UTRGV campuses.
- All users of PTD’s are required to “dismount” or “carry” the device across crosswalks or other potentially dangerous areas.
- Improper usage of PTD’s resulting in injury to other persons or property damage may subject the user to criminal prosecution or civil liability under applicable state law.
Additionally, PTD’s owned by a vendor and made available directly by the vendor to individuals, such as scooter-sharing systems for short-term rentals, are prohibited in or on the property or facilities owned, leased, operated, or otherwise controlled by UTRGV unless the vendor has entered into a contract directly with UTRGV. UTRGV currently does not have a contract with an external vendor. These vendor devices will be subject to immediate impound and an impound fee if the PTD’s are discovered anywhere on UTRGV controlled property.
NOTE: This policy does not govern the use of PTD's used by individuals with disabilities.
If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact:
Dr. Richard Costello
Office of Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management
(956) 665-3690
EHSRM@utrgv.edu
or
UTRGV Police Department
(956) 882-7777
Police@utrgv.edu