"People Power: Engaging Sustainable Transportation Solutions" Course

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This 2-unit, student-led course is designed to engage students in thinking critically about our national and local transportation systems to identify social, economic, and environmental problems and develop and study possible solutions. Through lectures, guest speakers, discussion, readings, videos, and hands-on projects that will involve the local community, students will develop a framework for understanding the challenges and possibilities for improving transportation in our community and nation-wide.

Class meets every Friday of winter quarter 2014 from 8 AM - 10:40 AM in Kresge. In addition to weekly class and readings, students are expected to engage directly with a project of their choice (selected during week 3) for at least 20 hours throughout the quarter. Some projects will be working directly with People Power and its program, Green Ways to School. Students will also be expected to contribute weekly to a class blog. By the end of the quarter, this blog will comprise of research, reports, photographs, and proposed and implemented solutions to transportation issues facing our community.

If you're looking for an engaging, student-led, action-oriented course that couples research and evidence with discussions that involve topics such as social justice, feminist theory, economics, sustainability, policy, and more, we encourage you to apply!

There is a limited number of spots in the course, though, so please give your application some thought.

First and Last Name *

Email Address *

Whichever email account you actually check regularly.

Major/Minor *

College Affiliation *

College 8

College 9

College 10

Cowell

Crown

Kresge

Merrill

Oakes

Porter

Stevenson

Why are you interested in taking this class? *

Please share in some detail what interests you about the topic of the course in 250 words or less.

Are there any aspects of transportation that you're particularly interested in to discuss, learn about, or do a project on? Explain any projects, thoughts, or experiences you've had that explain why you're stoked on that particular aspect. *

250 words or less

Are you currently working on an internship or project related to transportation? (Or sustainability, social justice, etc. that might be relevant to transportation) *

If so, please share about it. Who are you working with and what are you doing? 250 words or less

Do any of these project topics sound like something you'd want to work on if you were in the class? *

Select all that apply.

Intersection repair, painting, & creating community places through transportation zones

Designing and creating artistic bicycle "parklets" or bike racks for businesses and locations off-campus

"Bicycle lift" conveyer system to get more people up to campus on bikes

Working with children in the community to teach bike safety (Bike Smart program)

Gathering data and creating a report of why people don't bike and what would encourage them to bike in Santa Cruz

Studying barriers to particular transportation forms due to socioeconomic status or other factors

None of the above

Other:

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