For college, I decided that not bringing a car would be better for the first year; just to see how things worked out. I have to honestly say that might have been a bad choice. Sitting up in my room the majority of the day, rarely getting out other than to stuff my face with food at the all you can eat buffet, and watching TV on my computer has its disadvantages. If I did bring my car, I could be doing something more productive during the week such as having a job or for the weekends I could get out into the outdoors and actually do something exhilarating. But I don't. So here I sit.
Normally around campus, I walk and take every set of stairs I could possibly take (I have to get some great calves somehow). The campus does offer a shuttle bus that runs every ten minutes, and transports you to key places around the university, which is nice. There is also a bus called Sierra Spirit Bus that is free, or Hertz on Demand that is generated through campus as well.
I intend to use the Hertz on Demand at some point because I would like to get out and enjoy Lake Tahoe one of these days, but typically people who don't have cars, who need to walk to the other side of campus and don't want to, or who need to proceed to other bus stops generally take the alternate transportation vehicles.
Public transportation offered in Reno is pretty nice except I do wish that a bus took someone to the airport straight from campus, or a shuttle was able to take someone more than two miles off campus. Maybe if there was a shuttle up to Lake Tahoe every once in a while or so, that would make a few things easier on people who don't have the luxury of a car at the moment.
All in all, Reno does offer a wide variety of options for its students which makes life that much simpler.
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