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Shared-Ride Taxi Regionalization for the Cities of Hudson, New Richmond, and River Falls

Ada Inman — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:06:41 +0000

This report analyzes the feasibility of regionalizing the shared-ride taxi (SRT) systems for the Wisconsin cities of Hudson, New Richmond, and River Falls. Currently, all three nearby cities operate their own SRT service. Administrative tasks are duplicated, and clients typically can only travel within their own city. Regionalization would allow residents to travel between the cities and consolidate administrative tasks. The report considers the status quo in which all three cities keep their SRT systems along with two regionalization alternatives. One would employ River Falls’ existing fare structure while the other would use the median of the three cities’ existing fares. The report concludes that the cities should regionalize their SRT systems and apply the median fares of the three cities. It also recommends that the cities engage in community planning processes and consider expanding their SRT system to other nearby municipalities.

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Developing membership engagement strategies for boards, committees, councils, and commissions

Ada Inman — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:59:47 +0000

Interdisciplinary engineering students offered recommendations for reaching a wider audience of people and encouraging them to participate in official city boards, committees, commissions, and councils. UniverCity Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu [...]

Designing the River Falls eco-site engineering plan

Ada Inman — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:57:27 +0000

As River Falls looks to relocate its composting facility, engineering students designed plans for a site with added services like electronic waste recycling and residential organic waste collection. UniverCity Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu [...]

Developing an eco-site and business plan for community compost

Ada Inman — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:55:28 +0000

The city of River Falls, Wisconsin used to have a thriving community compost site that caters to its residents, providing a convenient location for the disposal of yard waste, including leaves and branches. Initially, the site was open for all city residents to use and this worked seamlessly due to a company’s free collection of compost material for a central heating/energy plant in St. Paul, Minnesota. However, a devastating insect infestation sweeping through Minnesota is killing off ash trees, resulting in a surplus of dead trees throughout the area. As the heating plant can now access closer sources for the material, the River Falls compost site is no longer needed. The city now has to pay to grind and dispose of their waste and this is projected to cost upwards of $75,000 a year.

In response to the increased costs, the city of River Falls has made several adjustments. They have limited the hours for debris collection, and an attendant has been employed to ensure only residents and employees of River Falls Municipal Utilities can access the site. Not surprisingly, the community is displeased with the current compost site changes. In addition, the land that the site is on is expected to be developed for the future and will no longer be available for use as a compost site.

In order to come up with a solution to the current compost site problem, the city of River Falls is looking for a business plan to relocate the community compost site to another city property. The business plan will include an analysis of current considerations such as demand, expenses, and location in addition to recommendations for the future site including proposed rates, expected revenue, and overall recommendations for the best way to operate a new compost site.

UniverCity Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu