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As an institution that brings more than 3000 people into the area on a daily basis, Lewis and Clark's traffic impact is significant. CATS was formed in 1997 to promote a forward-thinking approach to transportation in an effort to limit our traffic impact on the community and on the environment generally. Since that time, campus transportation policies and services have undergone radical changes, many of them stemming from CATS's work. CATS advocates and promotes development of all forms of alternative transportation, including walking, biking, carpools, shuttles, and buses. Members of CATS have served on cross-campus advisory groups to examine transportation issues and propose solutions, worked with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance to draft biker-friendly legislation, successfully advocated for expansion of the school's shuttle service, and even engaged in litigation in attempts to prevent imprudent parking space development on campus. Operating on a strong belief in the power of incentives, CATS has also instituted numerous programs of its own, including Tri-Met ticket raffles, a towel program for bikers and runners, a community orange bike program, and a community bike repair kit.
"The
auto environment so dominates life that our thoughts, feelings, and
social processes have come to resemble auto rides. Our minds move
fast and far, but our thoughts are isolated from their surroundings
and miss the details. We're not centered. Bent on getting to
destinations, we miss how we get there and what we pass through. We
drive a frantic race, greedily skimming over life's surface, quickly
snapping up empty air, rather than carefully wading to the depths of
experience. Our thinking becomes shallow and uninspired: Looking at
the bottom line rather than the product or customer needs, wanting
entertainment rather than enlightenment, turning spirituality into
empty formulas, craving convenience more than value, letting self
overshadow service. Is it worth the price?"