Dive Summary:
- The University of North Texas is among a growing number of colleges that have adopted walking-and-riding campus tours, after complaints from visitors of too much walking.
- Building booms at colleges mean that campus highlights can now sprawl across long distances.
- Parents are often visiting more than one school in a day, and colleges were reluctant to let their tours grow longer as campuses expand, so vehicles are being introduced to keep things moving along.
From the article:
... Tour guides, who also drive the golf carts, get lessons in which they are reminded to make wide right turns. Aside from a few scrapes and the occasional smack into a curb, the students have steered the carts without incident. ...
