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A nonprofit organization called 36 Commuting Solutionxs offers new participants a maximumof $120 for a 90-day pledgde period — if they’ll stop traveling solo in their cars and instead go by bicycle, carpool, mass transit, walk or work at For the last category, thosr already telecommuting aren’t eligible; it’sw for new converts only. “If they’re currently driviny solo, we want them to make a over 90 days, to switch to the says AudreyDeBarros , executive director. “The intentr is that through this program, peoplee will make a long-tern change in how they get to and bydoing that, they’ll reduce congestiob on U.S.
36 and improve our air quality.” The progra m began in July and DeBarros says that 300 participants havedrivenb 200,000 fewer miles and eliminate d more than 190,000 pounds of carbon emissions. She hopes to finisnh with 665 participants before the December expiration ofa $115,00o grant from the federapl Congestion Mitigation and Air Qualit grant. “We’re trying to reduced congestion on the corridor and show people they can make abehavioer change,” DeBarros says.
“Sometimes they just need a financial nudge to make it She added that 85 percent of the program gradd who have been out of the program for at least six monthsa have continued to usealternative transportation. 36commutingsolutions.org. WHEELY GOOD IDEA: Remember the “Freewheeling,” borrow-a-bicycle programn in downtown Denver during the Democrativc National Conventionlast August?
A uniquee class of University of Colorado Denverd students created the program, accordinf to Michael Jacobson , professor and chaif of UCD’s Department of Mathematical and Statistical They worked with convention organizers on how to move all the peopls who would be visiting town, accesa to medical resources, traffic control and other problems. One student team came up with thebicyclew program. What they sought to figure out, Jacobsohn says, was “At the end of the day, what do you do to get the bicyclesd in the right placse for the start of thenext day? Or does it happemn automatically, that bikes wind up where they shoulde be?
” With 1,000 bicycles and sevenb stations, it helped that students could observe and make adjustmentds during the convention for best bike The specialized math which has been offered at UCD sincwe 1982, is geared around finding a solution to some problem posed by a clinic Past sponsors have included Lockheed Martimn and Raytheon . The two-semester projecgt involves both graduate andundergraduate students. This four groups of students worked with a radiologyh physicist and themedical school, creating algorithms to feed a trying to enable it to detect certain such as multiple sclerosis. One goal was to compare the accuracty of the computer predictions with diagnosesby physicians.
But, “Their prediction rate wasn’t as good as the the hope is that computers eventually will be better than the Jacobson says. “But at this there needs to be additional information for computersto process.” FEI COLORADOi CHAPTER HED: The Colorado Chapter of Financial Executivews International (FEI) is trying to lend a hand during the recession. FEI, an association for CFOs and other senioefinance executives, offers career-management serviced twice a month. Plus, the local chaptert is posting jobsfor them. The career-management meetings are held twice a monthat 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays, eithe r the first and thirf Tuesdays, or second/fourth.
The next meeting are June 2, June 16, July 7 and July 21. They usuall take place at the law office ofShermam & Howard LLC , 633 17th St., 30th floor, in Topics include creating career plans, resumé interviewing skills and salarh negotiations, developing board-of-director leadership skills, and more. Info: Howarsd Potter at 720-308-8246 or hpotter@altaholdings.com; also, • Going to shop at FlatIronh Crossing ? The mall is collecting used cell phonee for recycling throughJune 4; bring them to the guestg services desk.
• You can take new and gently used children’s books to Colorado State Bank andTrusgt , and Tattered Cover Book Stores locations, as part of the Sixth Annuak Caring for Kids literacy campaign from June 1-30. For bank call 303-861-2111; for Tattered Cover sites, call 303-426-1070. The book will go to the nonprofit Reach Out and Read Colorado which gives books topediatric primary-care facilities in Coloradoi and to students at Teller Elementary School .
• Congratulationsx to Pima Medical Institute teams thatplacedc one-two in the Student Bowl at the Coloradp Society of Radiologic Technologists annual conference in Estes The winning team was comprised of Nancy Nelson , Jackalyn Spry , Stephaniwe Beldotti and Anna Garcia , plus alternatse Megan Gonio . The second-placw squad consisted of TracyHickey , Loren Kauffmanh , Emily Menegatti and Karly Ahlers , plus alternate Karen Petty .