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Avoid the parking nightmare, ride the city bus ■ LTD plans no major changes in its system for this year, but is asking that riders offer opinions on future route restructuring By Jack Clifford Oregon Daily Emerald There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but students can at least get a free ride. Well, sort of. Thanks to a portion of their inci dental fee monies, University stu dents can use the Lane Transit Dis trict bus system with a flash of a student ID card. The fee for the reg ular student body is $6.80 per term, while law school students — who are on a semester schedule — pay $10.31 per term. University faculty and staff also ride for free thanks to parking rev enue. “We try to make sure everyone is aware of [the service],” parking and transportation manager for the Office of Public Safety Rand Stamm said. “We have such a car oriented culture and trying to get people to change that mindset is a tough one.” Stamm works closely with LTD to promote the free bus system, and a spokesman at the transit agency said there will be very few changes to the program this year. Andy Vobora, LTD’s service plan ning and marketing manager, said that both parties — LTD and the University — benefit from the Group Pass program. The Univer sity administration doesn’t have to spend a lot of money providing parking for students and the rev enue helps LTD when designing new programs. Although Vobora mentioned no changes for this year, the transit agency is looking ahead to future route restructuring and he said that students should have input on those changes. There are two av enues to offer feedback, he said: An Oct. 12 open house at the LTD downtown center, located in the 1100 block of Willamette Street, and a Web site at www.ltd.org. Click on the “comprehensive serv ice re-design” link to check out the University students, faculty and staff can ride the bus for free, any day, any time, with a valid ID card. TomPatteron for the Emerald proposals. Vobora said that LTD is also looking into the viability of a shut tle system from campus to places such as downtown or the Valley River Center. One visible change that LTD has made regionwide this year is not mailing riders’ guides, which con tain schedules, fares and maps, to Lane County residents. The cost cutting measure was due to the fact that retention of the guides was low er than expected when people were surveyed on usage, Vobora said. Riders can pick up the guides on any bus, at the Eugene downtown station or at LTD’s headquarters in Glenwood. Turn to Free ride, page 18C Since 1922 • Member American Gem Society 1027 Willamette St. • 345-0354 Valley River Center • 342-4496 , K I R I U M I Chronograph YOU can make a difference. RECYCLE TODAY! - • ■ ■a *, m v, the count.r §9 What else would you expect from the world's toughest graduate school—walls? We’re here to turn college men and women into leaders. People who command respect. Individuals who M r 0 seek challenge. Like directions to the campus? Call /•stw-marines. Or visit us at /lf*jl www.M ARi N'EOFFICER.com. loud be surprised what you can learn in the woods. The Few, The Proud,
