Around 230 fewer cars
were on I-90 this Friday
because Spokane Transit
Authority (STA) picked
up that many EWU students
at the noon hour and
brought them downtown.
As you see, Eastern students
and staff are prioritizing
their pocketbooks,
considering their carbon
emissions, and structuring
their lives so they get the
most out of each day.
We all think we don’t
have time to relax and
think. Maybe if we all organized
our lives to get our
commute taken care of in
our economy, we could
slow down enough to calculate
our carbon footprints,
decide what vacation
we could go on instead
of giving more money to
“Big Oil,” or just read the
many books we finally have
time to enjoy.
Those unfortunate citizens
of Spokane County
who have not travelled
with the STA and have
lingered in their wasteful
ways: join us.
Even though our daily
latte drive-thru fix, our
daily errand running, and
our race home to go online
will be replaced by more
savings and thinking, worry
not.
We will become better
people riding the STA.
By Betty J. Craipo
contributing writer
The Easterner
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