Car Use at Allegheny College

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Car Use at Allegheny College

• Presented By
• Tom Rowe, Scott Huckabaa, Mike Soltis,
• Liz Colteryahn, and Tricia Gearhart
• ES 110

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Why Should We Reduce The Number Of Cars At
Allegheny?

• Transportation is the largest single source of
  air pollution in the United States
• Motor vehicles cause both primary and secondary
  air pollution. They emit ozone, CO2,
  particulate matter, and toxics
• Also contributes to water pollution
• Why Care?
• Some fun facts about car use and its
  environmental impacts

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Whos Driving?

• We took a survey of 100 students
• 67 of students surveyed drive or have driven to
  class
• 33 do not drive at all to class
• Of those who drove to class, 55 were male, 45
  were female
• Of the 33 who do not drive, 60 were female, 40
  were male

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The Greenest VS The Meanest

• SUVs, trucks, and vans give off more pollution
  then cars
• 70 of those surveyed drove cars
• 30 of those surveyed drove SUVs, trucks, or
  vans
• Average mileage per week is approximately 40
  miles/week
• The greenest and the meanest according to the
  Union of Concerned Scientists

• The greenest
• GM EV1 (electric)
• Honda Civic GX
• Nissan Altra (electric)
• Honda Insight
• Toyota RAV4 (electric)
• The meanest
• Chevy Suburban, GMC YukonXL
• Dodge Ram 2500
• Ferrari 550 Maranello
• Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra
• Ford Excursion

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Reasons Why Students Drive To Class

• The weather in Meadville sucks!
• Our college is one big hill
• The wonderful invention that is the snooze button
• Some people are just flat out lazy
• Too stoned, too lazy, too late
• Enforcement policies are sub-par
• Allegheny College students just dont care about
  the environment
• ASG has never really thought of global warming
  to be honest. We do push for more parking on
  campus and therefore encourage the use of cars by
  all students. Other then that.we really dont
  discuss it.- ASG President

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Solutions to Alleghenys Driving Problem

• Shuttle Buses
• Increase in parking pass prices, ticket prices,
  frequency of ticketing
• Zone of ineligibility
• No car privileges for freshman and sophomores

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Shuttle Buses

• A joint collaboration between Allegheny College
  and CATA
• Eliminates the need for off-campus students to
  drive to class
• Similar to the loop
• A bus that will make a continuous loop around
  Park Ave, North Main St, and Highland Ave.
  Starting at Baldwin St and running all the way to
  Allegheny St.
• Students can catch the campus loop at designated
  times and areas.
• The campus loop will cut down on emissions
  because it will eliminate/reduce the number of
  cars being driven on and to campus
• The main suggestion to the problem of those
  surveyed

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Ticketing and Penaltie

• Security is lazy!
• 550 S spaces, 440 QV spaces
• 614 issued parking passes
• Raising the price of a parking pass from 25 to
  100 in conjunction with an increase in the price
  of parking tickets from 10 to 25 will deter
  students from using their cars on campus
• Once again, security is lazy

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Freshman Shouldnt Have Cars on Campus

• Many colleges and universities do not allow
  freshman to have cars on campus. (Penn State,
  Grove City)
• Considering the limited number of parking spots,
  let the freshman suffer!
• Allegheny College students should not be allowed
  to have a car at school until their sophomore
  year
• INCENTIVE-If a freshman makes the Deans List in
  their first semester then they can bring up a car
  a semester early

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Zone of Ineligibility

• A method used by Clarion University to reduce the
  number of cars being driven on campus
• Despite the recent parking issues between
  Allegheny College students and the permanent
  residents of Meadville, this can work
• Students who live off-campus between Loomis and
  Allegheny St, and Baldwin and Highland will be
  considered ineligible for an on campus parking
  spot
• The students will be able to take full advantage
  of the proposed shuttle bus system that will run
  in the same area

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Summary and Conclusion

• Is it really worth the effort?
• Students will pay the cost
• Most realistic solutions
• Will Allegheny College students take these
  suggestions seriously if implemented
• This is just one of the environmental issues that
  is plaguing Allegheny College. If the Allegheny
  College environment is to become sustainable then
  all environmental issues must be taken seriously
  and acted upon accordingly.