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We decided to include improvements to our carpooling system in our plan. As of now, the only incentive to start carpooling is a small discount on parking passes, which doesn't seem to be good enough for people to put in the effort to set up a plan or system to use with people. Two main problems arise from this lack of a system: too many people in cars generates more pollution and a struggle for parking for everyone, staff and visitors included. We are creating a cheap and usable method for organizing carpools that allows community members to start carpooling fast. Our plan is to create a sheet that allows people to easily start carpooling. We hope that in doing this, the number of student cars will go down, and parking spaces will become more available.
First Steps
Our initial test is a basic spreadsheet (shown on the right). Though a carpooling spreadsheet has been made by the Associated Student Body (ASB), it is not very well known to students. We feel this is a good way to gauge initial interest in the carpool system. We plan to make some kinds of advertisements for our new system using the spreadsheet and run a test to see how well people respond to the new system. If students show interest, we will make a more refined process.
In our survey, we asked about carpooling. Nearly half of those who answered the survey said they would be more willing to carpool if a matching system were made available to them. The data proves that carpooling is something students have interest in.
Core 121 Survey, 2026 (see Appendix A)
Future Plans:
If the proposed idea succeeds, we will see the following: A population of Lewis & Clark community members actively and regularly carpooling with each other, campus-wide awareness of a carpool system, and comfort from students in learning the system and beginning to engage with carpooling.
Once this system is implemented, it could be expanded and integrated into other avenues of incentive or student education, including the Otterbus app.
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