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to address, as the emissions resulting from this driving are generated by students living in
locations scattered around the metroplex. However, further development of online classes and
satellite class locations (e.g. Collin College) could be pursued. Closer to campus, actions taken
to shift student-driving trips to walking, bicycling or transit trips should also be considered with
faculty and staff needs in mind. For example, employees can be queried to determine how
corrective actions taken to expand student bus transit options could be applied to reduce
faculty and staff driving trips.
UNT needs to work closely with DCTA for the future transition from the Commuter bus
line to the A-Train light rail service. Unfortunately, the planned A-Train route will terminate in
downtown Denton, not on the UNT campus as the Commuter bus route does now. This
inconvenience could be a major deterrent to getting 1-35E driving commuters to switch to rail
service. A bus rapid transit or other alternative needs to be developed to provide timely and
convenient transport from the downtown Denton rail station to the UNT campus.
Another recommendation for additional research involves further analysis of the
existing datasets from the transportation survey. These datasets are immense, and
supplemental information detailing the vehicle types, fuel choices, and models of cars driven,
as well as the specifics of types of parking used each day of the week are available. The data
may be useful to further characterize the commuting population's vehicle types and parking
needs.
A final recommendation for further study is to use the UNT Center for Spatial Analysis
personnel and their GIS expertise to review existing bus routes and plan new routes. Detailed
street address data (without identifying names) could be pulled from existing UNT databases86
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Waskey, Susan L. An Analysis of UNT Commuting Patterns, thesis, May 2010; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28489/m1/94/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .