OU President David Boren will work with OU Parking Services and Fleet Management to eliminate about 31 university vehicles logging less than 6,000 miles per year, according to a press release.

“During these times of financial challenges, the university continues to become more cost effective in all areas,” Boren said in the release.

Boren said he hopes to refocus funds toward educating students by eliminating the extra vehicles.

The downsize will include about 31 sedans and passenger vans that log fewer than the new minimum of 6,000 miles per year, OU Parking Services Director Douglas Myers said by e-mail.

“We will also be talking to various university departments and evaluating those vehicles in the next group that are in the bottom 5 percent of utilization annually to determine more cost-effective ways to meet those departmental needs,” Myers said.