Speaking of project ideas, I was looking into a few myself and one that really caught my eye was this feasibility study for a bike sharing program in santa cruz! The article posted is a rather lengthy read but is a fantastic example at the potential of some of the project ideas put forth so far by the class. The work is well researched and cited and clearly lays out a number of plans for an effective bicycle share network all over the greater santa cruz area. Although the site has gone dormant and getting into contact with the creator has so far been a fruitless endeavor I thought everyone could at least get excited about not only the possibility of a bike share program because there's no doubt it would be an awesome step in the right direction but also of the power well crafted and compiled information regarding the topics we've been discussing in class and online. This project, which may I mention started out as a blog posting, stands out to me as the perfect example of a research based initiative in line with the goals of this class. If we as a group of stakeholders in the local transportation conversation can create a quality of discourse similar to that of this study I think the possibilities are many and great!
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