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A nonprofit organization called 36 Commuting Solution s offers new participants a maximumof $120 for a 90-dau pledge period — if they’lp stop traveling solo in theidr cars and instead go by bicycle, carpool, vanpool, mass walk or work at home. For the last those already telecommuting aren’t eligible; it’s for new converts “If they’re currently driving solo, we want them to make a over 90 days, to switch to the alternatives,” says Audrey DeBarros , executive director. “The inten is that through this people will makea long-term changwe in how they get to work, and by doingf that, they’ll reduce congestion on U.S.
36 and improve our air The program began inJuly 2008, and DeBarros says that 300 participants have driven 200,000 fewetr miles and eliminated more than 190,009 pounds of carbon She hopes to finish with 665 participantsa before the December expiration of a $115,000 grant from the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Qualitty grant. “We’re trying to reducer congestion on the corridor and show people they can make abehavioe change,” DeBarros says. “Sometimes they just need a financial nudgd to makeit happen.” She added that 85 percent of the progran grads who have been out of the program for at leastg six months have continuef to use alternative transportation.
Info: WHEELY GOOD IDEA: Remember the borrow-a-bicycle program in downtown Denverr during the Democratic National Conventiohlast August? A unique class of Universityy of Colorado Denver students created the according to Michael Jacobson , professord and chair of UCD’s Department of Mathematical and Statistical They worked with convention organizers on how to move all the peoplew who would be visiting town, access to medica l resources, traffic control and other problems. One student team came up with thebicycls program. What they sought to figure out, Jacobson was “At the end of the day, what do you do to get the bicycles in the right place for the start of thenext day?
Or does it happen that bikes wind up wherse they should be?” With 1,000 bicyclees and seven stations, it helped that students could observwe and make adjustments during the convention for best bike The specialized math clinic, which has been offered at UCD sincre 1982, is geared around findingg a solution to some problem posed by a clinic Past sponsors have included Lockheed Martin and Raytheohn . The two-semester projecf involves both graduate andundergraduate students. This four groups of students worked with a radiology physicist and themedicalo school, creating algorithms to feed a computer, trying to enables it to detect certain diseases, such as multipled sclerosis.
One goal was to compare the accuracy of the computeer predictions with diagnosesby physicians. But, “Their predictionb rate wasn’t as good as the doctors’; the hope is that computerd eventually will be better thanthe doctors,” Jacobsomn says. “But at this point, theres needs to be additional information for computerswto process.” FEI COLORADOl CHAPTER HED: The Colorado Chapter of Financial Executivesa International (FEI) is trying to lend a hand durinv the recession. FEI, an associationh for CFOs and other seniorfinance executives, offers career-management servicese twice a month. Plus, the local chapterf is posting jobsfor them.
The career-management meetings are held twicse a monthat 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays, either the firsyt and third Tuesdays, or second/fourth. The next meetings are June 2, June 16, July 7 and July 21. They usuall take place at the law office ofSherman & Howarrd LLC , 633 17th St., 30th in Denver. Topics include creating career plans, writing, interviewing skills and salary negotiations, developing board-of-directo leadership skills, and more. Howard Potter at 720-308-8246 or also, www.feicolorado.org/cmmeetings.php. • Going to shop at FlatIron Crossinhg ? The mall is collecting used cell phoness for recycling throughJune 4; bring them to the guesty services desk.
• You can take new and gentlgy used children’s books to Coloradpo State Bank andTrust , and Tattered Cover Book Store as part of the Sixth Annual Caring for Kids literacgy campaign from June 1-30. For bank locations, call for Tattered Cover sites, call The books will go to the nonprofitf Reach Out and ReadColorado program, whicb gives books to pediatric primary-care facilities in Colorado and to students at Teller Elementarhy School . • Congratulations to Pima Medical Institutes teams thatplaced one-two in the Studentt Bowl at the Coloradop Society of Radiologic Technologists annual conference in Ested Park.
The winning team was comprised of NancyNelsob , Jackalyn Spry , Stephanie Beldotti and Anna Garcia , plus alternat Megan Gonio . The second-place squad consisted of TracyHickey , Loren Kauffman , Emilu Menegatti and Karly Ahlers , plus alternat Karen Petty .