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post #16 of 25
1/12/10 at 5:10am
Since only seniors can drive without supervision and both the parking and the morning rush is a bitch, we have to take the train.
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post #17 of 25
1/12/10 at 8:54am
Not much. Why should they? Most students live pretty close to Uni.

Students do get the benefit of free public transport though. That's a big plus, let me tell you.
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post #18 of 25
1/12/10 at 11:53pm
Nothing that I know of.

But...

I go to Baruch College.
It's right smack in the middle of Midtown Manhattan.
It's a commuter school.

Basically, anything that isn't either mass transit or you being dropped off by someone else in a car(extremely rare) isn't going to be a very viable way to commute. Therefore everyone just comes in by train or sometimes bus, which is pretty sustainable.

Honestly, at this point in time we're more concerned about stuff going on within our buildings. Over here, it's buildings that are the big carbon emitters, not transportation.
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post #19 of 25
1/13/10 at 4:44am
school: university of kansas

all the students have city-wide buses available built into tuition. a decent amount of people bike here too when it isn't below 20 degrees F like it has been lately.
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post #20 of 25
1/13/10 at 6:04am
Kent State University of Kent, Ohio

Very little is done to promote the good of the environment, at least when it comes to cars/driving. The school has 25,000 students, 75% commute. The extensive quantity of parking lots throughout campus makes it seem like the school is doing very little to prevent so many students from driving. Parking passes are available to those above freshman status for fees ranging from about $100 to $300 per year. I see a lot of bikers when the weather is nice, and but that's not so often(Kent is about 40min from Cleveland).
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post #21 of 25
1/13/10 at 6:06am
Just realized that this^ information will do very little to help your project. Maybe its interesting for some to read, sorry.
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post #22 of 25
1/13/10 at 6:30am
At University of Alaska Fairbanks, in the dead of winter, a person may end up burning more fuel just getting their car warmed up, than it takes to commute to and back, or around campus. I used to live off campus and had my own car, and I never even took it there because I'd have to keep it running nearly 15 minutes just so it would be warm enough for a 3 minute drive. To try to minimize environmental impact, the university maintains a fleet of shuttles on campus which follow a scheduled loop around all the major areas of campus to prevent on campus vehicle shuttling. Another fleet can be called in advance for pick-up and drop off to and from any of the off campus facilities (There are 9-10 other major University facilities not on the actual campus). They've also recently teamed up with the Borough Transit System to provide free citywide bus transport on the BTS so all a student/employee has to do is flash their School ID card and they can ride any of the BTS buses for free.
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post #23 of 25
1/13/10 at 6:13pm
I go to Fanshawe College, and we all get full year bus passes.

What was real nice of the school was. From mid Nov to after exams in Dec our bus service decided to go on strike. So that ****ed everyone. But the school was nice enough to start a Flag a Ride program, which was just a car pooling service. And if you saw someone with the Flag a Ride sticker on their car they could help you out. And then on top of that they started their own shuttle which was 5 routes to all across the city. This was very helpful and effective, I liked it better than the usual busses they kept better time.

It seems most schools give you a bus pass, but what will they do when it really counts? I was very happy with my school, but really its the bus drivers fault those dirty bastards.
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post #24 of 25
1/13/10 at 7:08pm
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Good info guys/gals; thanks.
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post #25 of 25
1/13/10 at 10:26pm
Not much at HS..
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