Spotlight on: Casey Jones

Casey Jones, Director of Parking and Transportation Services at CU, has some big goals for the campus. "We want to maximize campus access to our community in a sustainable way that is responsive to our customers needs," he said "We want to do it in a way that takes advantage of available technologies and is more cost effective."
 
Parking and Transportation Services manages all campus parking as well as busses, car sharing and bike use and parking.
 
"It used to be that our role was just parking cars, but now we don't see it that way at all," Jones said.  "We have a number of really exciting initiatives."
 
Jones said that the department is focusing on minimizing and streamlining parking on campus as well as making more sustainable forms of transportation like biking, walking and riding the bus, more convenient and more integrated into the campus. 
 
One of the things he is excited about is a car share program. Started last January it stages vehicles across campus.  Members of the program-almost everyone on campus can join-can borrow the cars.  This cuts down on the number of vehicles on campus, which reduces the amount of driving.
 
The department is also working to minimize car traffic on campus by making the parking system more efficient.  Jones said that they are using new technology, like computer based parking monitors and a web-based system to make parking more convenient and more efficient.
 
Parking and Transportation also works on non car-based transportation.  Jones says that they are looking to expand the Buff Bus system and make it more convenient, so that more people use it as an alternative to personal transportation.
 
Now, he is facing the challenge how to integrate bikes more smoothly into the campus transportation plan.  As more and more people bike, bike parking becomes more crowded and pedestrians and bikers take up more of the same space.  Jones said that plans for the future include finding a way to help walkers, skateboarders and bikers share the campus.