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Assessing the Feasibility, Costs, and Benefits of Transitioning Part of the University of South Carolina Shuttle Fleet to an Alternative Fuel Source and Promoting Anti-idling Strategies

• University of South Carolina (SC)

The current University of South Carolina shuttle fleet is made up of eleven (11) light duty shuttles and thirteen (13) heavy duty school buses, all of which rely on gasoline ...

• Posted July 10, 2020
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Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation

• Bard College (NY)

'Rethinking the Future - Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation' is Tony Seba's opening keynote at the 70th annual Conference on World Affairs in Boulder, Colorado, April 9th, 2018.

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• Posted June 12, 2020
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Rivalry, excludability and positive transport externalities – case study of a private university in Poland

• University of Wroclaw/Uniwersytet Wrocławski (Wrocław)

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of rivalry and excludability in transport systems on the positive external effects important for the functioning of a large ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Study to promote the sustainable mobility in university

• University of Passo Fundo

The United Nations (2030 Agenda) recognize the need to work with sustainable urban mobility problems such as traffic jams, pollution, inadequate infrastructure are becoming recurring issues in urban centers, directly ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Access MIT: A sustainable free ride

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)

In 2016, MIT set out to reduce parking demand on campus by 10 percent over two years with the launch of Access MIT. The program represented a first-of-its-kind, research-based approach ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Transportation Project Final Report

• Swarthmore College (PA)

Project Name: Transportation Project Project Mentors: Anthony Coschignano and Greg Brown Project board members, faculty advisor, and sustainability sage: Anthony Coschignano, Greg Brown, Chris Kane, Alice Turbiville, Brenna Leary, Rachel ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Assessment of the car-free day implementation on UTM campus using a shortest path method

• Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

A Car-Free Day (CFD) initiative was introduced on the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) campus and intended to reduce vehicle emissions, promote healthy lifestyle modes of transportation and improve environmental sustainability ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Transportation Plan for Furman University

• Furman University (SC)

Transportation is a huge part of any university campus, yet systems can be disconnected, funding limited, and students unaware of alternative transit options. A sustainability team of the four student ...

• Posted May 13, 2020
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Planning for a Sustainable Future: Rethinking the Role of Bicycle Parking at Western Michigan University

• Western Michigan University (MI)

Sustainable transportation planning focuses on addressing the needs of current users, without jeopardizing the needs of future users (Black 1997, Richardson 1999, Balsas 2003). A popular mode of sustainable transportation ...

• Posted May 13, 2020
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Toward Smart City Goals: Promoting Sustainable Commutes among University Students

• The Ohio State University (OH)

To address persistent concerns regarding anthropogenic impacts on environmental quality that contribute to degradations in natural process and public health, mitigation efforts have increasingly involved the transportation sector. Regional efforts ...

• Posted May 13, 2020
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University of Vermont Eco-Reps “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” Transportation Campaign Case Study

• University of Vermont (VT)

For UVM Eco-Reps’ first campaign of the 2019-20 academic year, we tackled issues related to how we move around. Whether it’s getting to class, work, or a friend’s ...

• Posted May 1, 2020
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Bike Friendly University

• University of Cincinnati (OH)

The Bicycle Friendly University program recognizes institutions of higher education for promoting and providing a more bikeable campus for students, staff and visitors. The Bicycle Friendly University program evaluates university ...

• Posted Feb. 27, 2020
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The influence of campus characteristics, temporal factors, and weather events on campuses-related daily bike-share trips

• University of Nevada Las Vegas (NV)

Recently, there has been an increase in bike-sharing programs on university campuses. However, there is scarce literature on the campus characteristics that are most favorable for these programs. This study ...

• Posted Feb. 7, 2020
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Webinar: Closing the Loop: Connecting Class to Campus Sustainability with Cases

• University of Michigan (MI)
• AASHE (PA)
• Sustainability Curriculum Consortium (MD)

This webinar will discuss how multimedia, case-based learning can be used to better engage and inform students regarding sustainability-related efforts on campus and create opportunities to build upon their projects ...

• Posted Feb. 7, 2020
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A Shareable Economy and the Use of Ride Shares

• University of Louisville (KY)

A 'shareable economy' is where profit is still made, but the environmental impacts are mitigated or reduced. This type relies on the temporary ownership of goods and/or the purchase ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Bikes and Scooters on an Urban Campus

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock (AR)

Our campus has gone through two bike share launchings. For the first, we were ill prepared. We just let it happen. After six months, the provider pulled the bikes off ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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A Better Way To Move People on Campus

• Polaris Industries (MN)

Your higher education campus needs to move people. Join us for a discussion on how to do it safely, sustainably and affordably. We will discuss outdated methods of campus transport ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Dynamics of Campus Interconnectivity: The Mobility-Energy-Productivity Metric

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (CO)

Campuses are microcosms of emerging mobility advancement to connect people with opportunities, employment, goods, and services, and where modes such as bike and car shares, electric scooters, ride-sourcing, and ride-sharing ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Do It Yourself Employee E-Bike Purchase Programs

• Thompson Rivers University (BC)

Thompson Rivers University (TRU) wants to encourage its employees to start commuting more sustainably, and with our hilly topography, electric bikes are a great choice. The problem we encountered is ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Financially Justifying Sustainable Transportation Changes Through Right-Sizing the Fleet

• University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
• University of California, San Diego (CA)
• University of Texas at Austin (TX)
• Polaris Industries (MN)

The campus fleet is one of the most visible areas a university can make improvements to its sustainability. However, the vehicles have a job to do, so the solution needs ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Employer-Provided Mobility: Energy Efficient Commuting to Empower Early Career Workers

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (CO)

Higher education prepares students to succeed in their careers. This should include the knowledge that those entering the job market have substantial power toward co-creation of sustainable economic practices. One ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Benefits of Technology Platforms for Improving Alternative Transit Modeshare

• University of Denver (CO)

Biking is one of the most efficient, environmentally-friendly, and economically sustainable ways to travel in an urban environment. Not only does it have huge financial and environmental benefits by eliminating ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Charging Ahead: Plan and Collaborate to Support Electric Vehicle Adoption by Commuters and Fleets

• University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
• University of Pittsburgh (PA)
• University of Florida (FL)

Vehicle electrification is creating new demands on universities to provide electrical charging stations for commuters, visitors, and campus-owned vehicles. Rapidly increasing demand for these services is evidenced by the exponential ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Safer Streets: Applying the Volpe National Side Guard Standard for Large Trucks on a Campus

• Harvard University (MA)

In February 2018, Harvard University announced a new initiative to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety by becoming the first higher education institution on the East Coast to install side guards ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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How Providing Public Transit Passes Not Only Helps Students Financially, But Empowers Them Too

• Augsburg University (MN)

Environmental Action Committee (EAC) is a student led campus organization working on sustainable initiatives that benefit both the campus and student body at Augsburg University. One of the group's ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Don't pack your bags. We can create interactive, fun and transformative e-conferences.

• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
• University of Alberta (AB)

Don't stress! Yes, conferences create connections and inspire new ideas; however, traveling to conferences costs time, money and increases our carbon footprint. But no, it's not the only ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Revolutionizing Transportation & Mobility Data Surveys with AI and Smart Phones: A pilot study

• State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
• B-Line Analytics (NS)

Data science, artificial intelligence and smart phones carry the potential to revolutionize transportation/mobility planning and scope 3 greenhouse house gas inventories. Traditional transportation surveys are conducted by hundreds of ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Getting There from Here: Improving Data Collection and Reporting Related to Commuting Impacts

• Arizona State University (AZ)
• University of Illinois Chicago (IL)
• University of New Hampshire (NH)
• Second Nature (MA)

For more than a decade, tracking greenhouse gas emissions and other impacts of commuting has been one of the more crazy-making aspects of sustainability reporting and planning. In 2019, University ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Convincing Our Colleagues to Fly Less: Engaging Academics on E-Conferencing

• University of Alberta (AB)

Academic conferences provide invaluable scholarly interaction, yet a reliance on air travel means conferencing has a big carbon footprint. Estimates suggest air travel can make up 15-30 per cent of ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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A proven methodology for calculating air miles traveled and associated emissions

• Columbia University (NY)

Calculating Scope 3 emissions from university related travel can be difficult, especially if data is not being collected by a designated travel agent. Columbia University has implemented a methodology to ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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A Switch to Zero-Emission Buses for Campus Transportation Helps More Than the Riders!

• University of Montana (MT)
• Proterra (CA)

Many Universities are committed to 'Greening' their campuses. By simply replacing one diesel bus the CO2 emissions are reduced by approximately 230,000 lbs. annually. This means that one bus ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Slow Conferencing: A Recipe for Connection in Troubled Times

• University of Toronto (ON)

The international conference comes at a cost in terms of our carbon footprint, but it also comes at a cost in terms of building broad communities of interest - particularly for ...

• Posted Dec. 2, 2019
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The environmental footprint of academic and student mobility in a large research-oriented university

• McGill University (QC)
• Universite de Montreal (QC)

Academic mobility for field work, research dissemination and global outreach is increasingly recognized as an important contributor to the overall environmental footprint of research institutions. Student mobility, while less studied ...

• Posted Dec. 2, 2019
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Canada's colleges and universities among the greenest in the world

• AASHE (PA)
• Nova Scotia Community College (NS)
• Mohawk College (ON)
• Thompson Rivers University (BC)
• University of Saskatchewan (SK)
• Dalhousie University (NS)

CBC News shares the news that college and university campuses across Canada are some of the greenest schools in the world according to the 2019 Sustainable Campus Index.

• Posted Sept. 30, 2019
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University of Washington mailing delivery e-bike program

• University of Washington, Seattle (WA)

UW Mailing Services uses a fleet of electric-assist cargo bicycles to deliver nearly all mail deliveries to 455 departments across the university.

• Posted Aug. 2, 2019
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Academic air travel has a limited influence on professional success

• University of British Columbia (BC)

Lowering the growth in greenhouse gas emissions from air travel may be critical for avoiding dangerous levels of climate change, and yet some individuals perceive frequent air travel to be ...

• Posted Aug. 2, 2019
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Bike Share & Employee E-Bike Purchasing

• Thompson Rivers University (BC)

Thompson Rivers University recently established two electric bike programs to boost individual wellness and help reduce dependency on fossil fuels. Through an electric bike sharing program, students, faculty and staff ...

• Posted Aug. 1, 2019
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U-Bikes and Cyclab at Princeton University

• Princeton University (NJ)

Princeton University's U-Bikes and Cyclab programs work to support sustainable development on campus. The U-Bikes programs takes abandoned bikes collected by Public Safety and repairs and reuses them in ...

• Posted May 22, 2019
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Thompson Rivers University Bikeshare and Employee E-bike Purchase Program

• Thompson Rivers University (BC)

Thompson Rivers University began a simple bike share program with five bikes that was designed for students, staff and faculty to have access to bicycles for up to a week ...

• Posted May 20, 2019
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Delivering difference: using e-bikes to deliver mail at the University of Washington

• University of Washington, Seattle (WA)

With over 80,000 students, faculty, and staff on campus, it's difficult to comprehend the sheer number of packages, textbooks, course packets and dorm mail UW Mailing Services delivers ...

• Posted May 20, 2019
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The Impact of Solar-assistance on Electric Golf Carts

• Georgia College & State University (GA)

In the Condensed Matter Research Lab at Georgia College, we conducted a real-world experiment to quantify the impact of vehicle-mounted solar panels. Our campus golf cart fleet consists of both ...

• Posted May 20, 2019
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Cross-Campus and Community Collaborative Bikeshare

• Champlain College (VT)
• University of Vermont (VT)

Champlain College and UVM played an integral role in advancing the timeline of bringing bikeshare to Chittenden County. With almost 75% of active Greenride members being affiliates of UVM and ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Columbia University transitions to electric intercampus buses to reduce emissions by 70%

• Columbia University (NY)
• New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (NY)
• New Flyer (MB)

In 2018, Columbia University introduced six new battery-electric transit-style buses to its intercampus shuttle network as a way to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from campus operations, improve local air ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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UC Irvine’s Transition from a Bio-Diesel to Electric Transit Fleet

• University of California, Irvine (CA)

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) is the first college campus in the nation to transition to a fully-electric bus fleet. The student-funded and student-operated Anteater Express campus shuttle service ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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An analysis of vehicular emissions at Kansas State University

• California State University, Bakersfield (CA)
• Kansas State University (KS)

There has been a wave of recent interest in understanding the dynamics of vehicular emissions in university towns. Using data from a recent survey of Kansas State University students, faculty ...

• Posted May 15, 2019
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Mail and Courier Sustainability Project

• University of Rochester (NY)

Patricia Van Valkenburgh, University of Rochester Class of 2019, developed, implemented, and completed an initiative to reduce gas emissions from the University Mail Services (UMS) mail fleet, which had recently ...

• Posted May 13, 2019
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UMCycle Bike Kiosk and Cycle Plaza

• University of Manitoba (MB)

The UMCycle Bike Kiosk offers a four-season community bike shop where University students, faculty, staff and surrounding community can come together to get their bikes serviced; connect with other cycle ...

• Posted May 13, 2019
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Carpool Program

• Santa Rosa Junior College (CA)

This carpool program was created to lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce traffic and single-occupancy driving, and increase parking availability in our overcrowded parking lots on campus. A pilot program was ...

• Posted May 7, 2019
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Parking demand management in a relatively uncongested university setting

• McMaster University (ON)
• Ryerson University (ON)

Although travel demand management (TDM) has featured more prominently in transportation planning and programs, its role in a university context is still emerging. University TDM efforts hold much potential, but ...

• Posted April 30, 2019
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University of Miami Mobility Plan

• University of Miami (FL)

Executive Summary The University of Miami is committed to programs and strategies that reduce single-occupant vehicle trips and maximize efficiency for moving to, from, within, and around its Coral Gables ...

• Posted April 29, 2019
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