[Vision2020] Reducing cars in town

[Donovan Arnold]

What if the University were to include free ( or reduced price) car  rentals for each student and offered free bus rides to Boise, Twin  Falls, Portland, and Seattle, (and cities in between during vacation  times), to students that elected not to bring a car to the University,  which is unneeded for most on campus living students.
  
 If a  student could rent a car from the UI for the day, or a few hours once  in a while, they might elect to do that instead of bringing a car that  eats at their wallet when they really don't need one most the time. It  would also free up parking spaces on campus and downtown. 
  
  Just an idea.
  
  Best,
  
  _DJA 
  
  

Art Deco <deco at moscow.com> wrote:  When I was a student here in 58-62 and 66-69, students were actively 
discouraged from bringing vehicles to the university.  Is there any chance 
of reviving that policy?

W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "david sarff" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 2, Issue 16


>I would like to see transportation distribution zones that restrict 
>vehicles
> by weight class.
> On national and local levels.
>
> Also, it would be great to give the students incentive to leave their cars
> home. Offer tuition or housing cost adjustments. Something.
>
> Out of the last 43 years that I can remember of Moscow. The volume of
> traffic seems exponentially larger than the increase in actual population.
> Growing traffic adds a certain madness to Moscow and to the nation that I
> certainly would prefer have go away.
>
> By the looks of the developing infeed/outfeed status-quo infrastructure.
> Traffic pressure does not look as though its going to ease off anytime 
> soon.
>
> Dave Sarff
>
>
>
>>From: Nils Peterson 
>>
>>
>>What a fine opportunity to talk about alternative transportation modes.
>>Thanks Tom Ivie for your recent post on Federal Funding for such work. And
>>thanks to the COOP for starting your effort to get shoppers to use
>>alternative modes, looks like you were planning ahead.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>


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