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Item Money Does Grow on Trees! Investing in Ramsey's Streetside Urban Forest(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2017) Moreno Gomez, Ada; Kieser, Nick; Dan, VictoriaThis project was completed as part of the 2017-2018 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Ramsey. During the last decade, the City has encouraged planting of boulevard/street trees in conjunction with new developments. As the street tree population has grown, an inventory of existing trees has become critical to better manage this often-overlooked community asset. Students in Dr. Fernando Burga’s Land Use Planning class documented what a tree inventory is, the economic and environmental benefits of urban trees, and considerations for species selection in an urban setting, and piloted a tree inventory in a small section of the city. Based on their research, students proposed that the City perform a complete tree inventory and create a tree plan for new residential developments. The students’ final report is available.Item Ride On: Strategies for promoting transit ridership at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities(2019-05) Moua, Pang; Haney, Patrick; Dan, VictoriaNearly two decades ago, Metro Transit and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (UMN-TC) came together in a partnership to develop a mutually beneficial and forward-thinking transportation solution. A sizeable portion of students at UMN-TC commuted to class, and the campus faced a parking shortage. A transit-based strategy was a natural solution to reducing parking demand, and together Metro Transit and UMN created the U-Pass in 2000. A deeply discounted transit pass for students enrolled at the Twin Cities campus, U-Pass is available for individual purchase each semester. In Fall 2018, students purchased 14,136 U-Pass cards; with 50,943 students enrolled, about 28% of students held a U-Pass. While this number reflects the importance of U-Pass and transit access for students, historic trends point to a more troubling pattern of decline. From 2001 to 2009, the U-Pass experienced 189% sales growth with just under 50,000 U-Passes sold in 2009 (which includes Spring, Summer, and Fall Semester purchases). In the following years, sales began a downward descent. By 2018, sales declined by 34% from 2009 levels.