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KLCC s Chris Lehman reports on efforts to reduce the number of solo commuters on OSU s Corvallis campus.
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The school wants the rate of solo commuting to drop by a third by the year 2030. The university will use a variety of strategies to achieve that goal, including investments in bike paths, incentives for carpooling, and working with the city of Corvallis to improve transit options.
OSU’s Transportation Services director Meredith Williams said being successful won’t just mean fewer carbon emissions. It would also save the university from having to upgrade and expand its parking lots and garages.
The call for unity issued by President Joe Biden during his inaugural address this week should be tempered with the reality that not everyone will be on board. That was one of the takeaways from an online conversation hosted by Oregon State University Thursday evening.
Oregon State University hosted an online panel discussion on the Capitol insurrection and the presidential transition.
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The panel featured experts from three universities who discussed the historic events leading up to this week’s swearing-in of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. OSU Associate Professor of History, Christopher McKnight Nichols, said it’s not clear how quickly, if ever, the nation will come together.