City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2013 05 14

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Trip Tracker is really simple to use ‐ answer a few questions every month and voila! My daughter gets Trip Tracker Dollars as a reward. I appreciate the support from local business to encourage kids to get to school under their own power. Trip Tracker makes our kids feel better about walking/biking/scootering to school in all sorts of weather. They know there is a reward for getting out of the house on time and under their own power. Trip Tracker was initially a great 'bribe' to encourage my then 6th grader to ride the school bus for the first time in his life! He resisted it and resisted it until he learned of trip tracker. Then he was willing to give it a try. We were new to Boulder at the time and by riding the bus he made so many neighborhood and school friends. Trip Trackers is a terrific program that gives the kids an extra incentive for using alternative transportation and in many cases, bumping up their daily exercise! BVSD is to be congratulated for incorporating Trip Trackers into the programming! Thanks to Peter Hurst for constantly looking for ways to improve and expand this program! Mary Schwietz TT has encouraged my son to be aware of his impact on this earth, and has given him a positive and tangible reward for trying to do the right thing. These values will be a part of him forever and he'll hopefully pass it down to the next generation. TT has not made a huge change in our travel to school since we live close and typically ride anyway, but it has made us stop and think. My son says, let's ride even when it is cold because he doesn't want to mark a day off. And when the weather is bad enough we drive we call 3 other friends to offer rides instead of all driving our own vehicles. My son loves spending the TT $s and we appreciate all the area merchants whom participate and make the program possible. Walker pays more attention to how he transports himself now. He really enjoys taking the RTD bus, and it's very fun for him to get his "Trip Tracker dollars". We are new to Heatherwood and this program has helped us explore the various modes of transport we can use getting to school. We can easily use the school bus but trip tracker has encouraged us to walk or ride to school and then use the reward "dollars" for treats at the end of the month. I'd like to offer thank to the community partners who honor the dollars that make the program so fun. We bike to school every day, but at the end of the day it is hard to motivate my kids to bike home. So, the extra incentive provides just what is needed to helps us bike home! We have been carpooling to school with our neighbor since the fall. It's a great way to get to know new friends too!! We live in an area where families are extremely active without incentive. However, laziness takes over when time is a factor! Trip Tracker helps parents to plan ahead and leave earlier to bike/walk to school. It is too easy to hop in the car and race to school when you don't plan ahead. The kids are the ones motivating parents because they want to earn their dollars! We live in Superior and drive our children to Boulder for school. We have been unable to find a regular carpool this year, but TripTracker motivates me to offer to drive someone else's child home from school once or twice a week. Another parent gets a break, we all lessen our carbon footprint a little AND my child receives much‐coveted TripTracker dollars. We love the incentive the TT program has for our 2nd grader. it almost eliminates the fuss of getting 20