The Designated Driver’s Club will begin to test to see whether we can create dorm-sized transportation program, organized by a volunteer residence assistant or director, and manageable through a posterboard, website, and mailing list.
The transportation program would be a dorm-based activity that people are can volunteer or request rides for late-nights, carpooling, and ridesharing. This would allow Umass students ( and hopefully other schools ) to move more freely around their campus and town, would save students money that would be used for travelling, would bring students together in their dorm, and would create a sense of safety and security as all members would be from the same dorm.
People who volunteer to give late-night rides, ridesharing, or carpooling, or other services for the group, would be doing a great service for their community. They will receive “points” for their efforts. People with the greatest amount of points at the end of the semester would be rewarded with prizes and incentives.
The test is being conducted at the Van Meter dormitory at Umass Amherst to see how the program would work, and how we can set up the program to be used in every dorm on campus. We hope that we can receive feedback on the test from everyone involved, and make a proposal to have a program initiated in every dorm on the University campus.
We currently have not set up the test yet, but will keep everyone posted on this website as it comes along.
