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In article <3a32uh$n71@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, ben@utig.ig.utexas.edu wrote:

>I've spent my share of time on campus (and then some!) and I wouldn't
>dream of trying to drive or park there during the day.  The campus
>is just too congested for cars.  

Hmmm, I've never felt this to be the case except during the inter-class
periods when all 48,000 students are on the streets.  That's only 10
minutes out of every hour, the remaining 50 minutes aren't congested at
all.

>UT needs to do more to encourage people
>to find other ways of getting to and from campus.  I'd like to see
>more park'n'ride encouraged along UT Shuttle routes.  Plenty of students
>do this now and faculty and staff could, too.

I've done my time on the shuttle buses.  During the rush hours, the last
stops on the inbound legs typically get passed by several times because
the buses are full from the earlier stops.  If UT had real park'n'ride
lots along the shuttle routes, with either permit-only parking or lots of
spare space, I'd consider it.  When I was a student, I had to park in the
gravel parking lot of a Little League baseball field to get to my bus
stop.

>Politically,
>I would give preference who choose to live close to where they work
>and bike or walk versus those preferring to commute great distances
>by car with all the impositions this makes on our society.

Oh, so now you want the government telling us where we can and can't
live.  Nice.  It just so happens that property values in the downtown area
are quite a bit higher than I can afford, so I bought my house out in the
suburbs where property is more affordable.  I couldn't afford to live
downtown even if I wanted to.  I guess that doesn't matter, huh?  If I
can't afford to live close to where I work, I should find another job or
just put up with crummy roads.

                                ++Don Nash

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