Seriously?

I heard on the news the other day that CU-Boulder wants to ban on campus parking for their students in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Before implementing such a ban, they want to be sure that the $1.2 million dollars that they would lose would not have a negative impact on their budget.

This sounds like a bad idea to start with, but they say that 75% of the students already use an alternate form of transportation and that a car isn't really necessary on campus. According to their website, CU-Boulder has a student body of almost 29,000 students on campus. Sure 75% is alot, but that also leaves 7520 students who do commute in a car. Where are they going to park? On the street? The administration says that bus passes are included in student fees, but sometimes RTD isn't too convenient, at least in Denver.

So that's my rant about that. I don't go to CU-Boulder, so I'm not sure why I care. Maybe they should take a cue from the Health Sciences Center and ban parking lots first.