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Students at U of O pitch in to help LTD solve the future of public transit (KVAL)

Hundreds of University of Oregon students are going to have a say in the future of the transit system that many of them take, every day. It's a year-long planning project between the UO and Lane Transit District. LTD wants to tap the brainpower of scores of UO students this academic year, to map out its future. Read more.
Lane Transit District to benefit from UO student-led innovations (The Register-Guard)

Lane Transit District is this year’s partner in UO’s Sustainable Cities Institute Sustainable City Year Program. The agency responsible for moving people around Lane County will have access this year to the imagination and innovations of University of Oregon students in an effort to make a local future more efficient and more sustainable. Read more.
UO, Lane Transit to announce yearlong sustainability project (The Register Guard)

A partnership between the University of Oregon and the Lane Transit District is kicking off today, promising 40,000 work hours will be spent on local sustainability projects. A yearlong partnership between the University of Oregon and the Lane Transit District is kicking off today, promising 40,000 work hours will be spent on local sustainability projects. Read more.
UO Sustainability Program Partners with LTD (KLCC)

The University of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) is recognizing 10 years of offering solutions to cities and communities across Oregon. This year, SCYP will partner with the Lane Transit District to explore projects like climate responsive design, bike shares, and tourism. Read more.
Grim Facts: Deaths Involving Cars (New York Times)

SCI Founder and Co-director Marc Schlossberg was published in The New York Times with the following letter to the editor:

"It is hard to imagine designing a transportation system that results in more death and injury, is worse for the climate, undermines social trust and is more economically unsustainable than what we have now. Through unjustifiable policies like minimum parking requirements..."

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