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03-02-2005, 07:51 PM

"Matt O'Toole" <matt@deltanet.com> wrote in message
news:38mrh9F5fvcprU1@individual.net...

> I don't think it's the free buses that killed walking/biking in college
towns --
> it's the free cars from parents. Furthermore, well-funded students are
the last
> ones universities want to scare away, so they tend not to make
driving/parking
> too inconvenient.

I doubt that any university, even large land-grant universities, makes it
convenient to drive from class to class. At my alma-mater, they made the
buses free, both on and off campus. Parking for commuting students is
usually way out in the boonies.

03-02-2005, 07:51 PM	#23 (permalink)
Steven M. Scharf Posts: n/a	Re: Davis,CA bicycle ridership down 5% over ten years "Matt O'Toole" <matt@deltanet.com> wrote in message news:38mrh9F5fvcprU1@individual.net... > I don't think it's the free buses that killed walking/biking in college towns -- > it's the free cars from parents. Furthermore, well-funded students are the last > ones universities want to scare away, so they tend not to make driving/parking > too inconvenient. I doubt that any university, even large land-grant universities, makes it convenient to drive from class to class. At my alma-mater, they made the buses free, both on and off campus. Parking for commuting students is usually way out in the boonies.