Houston, July 31, 2009 � With the
expected enrollment increase for the
fall semester and the various
construction projects around campus,
students are likely to find driving
and parking on campus more
difficult. To help make commuting
easier and more affordable, UH plans
to hold its second UH Green Commuter
Fair on September 1 and 2, 2009.
The event once again partners UH
with Houston METRO to provide
information to the community about
METRO services and other ways of
green commuting.
The fair will challenge faculty,
staff, and students to sign a pledge
to become a green commuter. The
pledge will encourage participants
to bike more often, walk, take mass
transit and even ride the campus
shuttles. Participants will also be
able sign up for a Metro Q Card
which is operates as debit card for
bus riders. All full-time students
will be eligible to register for a
discounted student Q Card saving
them 50 percent on all bus and METRO
Rail fares.
�We had a great response during the
first fair in the Spring with 900
people signing the pledge to use
environmentally friendly
transportation,� Emily Messa,
assistant vice president for
university services said. �This time
the goal is to have 2000 pledges
signed.
The fair will also showcase
AlterNetRides, a free service on the
parking website
www.uh.edu/parking,
which allows users to advertise
rides and/or find other users with
whom to carpool. It will also
promote the new METRO Q Card
reloading station recently installed
in the Welcome Center Parking
Services desk. Both these services
are available now.
The fair will be held from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at Philip Hoffman Hall
breezeway, the University Center
Satellite and the Welcome Center.
For more information on the UH Green
Commuter Fair or to find ways to
become a UH Green Commuter, visit
www.uh.edu/parking.
