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Title:

Achieving Sustainability Goals Through University-Transit Partnerships

Accession Number:

01337483

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Universities and transit providers have the opportunity to achieve sustainability objectives by combining resources. The population concentration presented by universities and the desire of transit providers to achieve increases in ridership creates complementary opportunities. Cooperation between the two entities leads to increased economic, social, and environmental sustainability. The economic impacts of increased cooperation include the ability to utilize economies of scale; increased revenue from university sponsored funds and increased federal funding from higher ridership; and decreased parking demand, which allows universities to utilize parking lots for infill development. The social impacts include increased mobility for students and employees who do not have access to an automobile. Finally, cooperation between universities and transit providers can have an important environmental impact by reducing automobile usage, which leads to vehicle emissions reduction, congestion reduction, and a reduction in impervious surface parking lots. Many transit providers work together with universities to develop bus routes focused on campus related mobility. Universities encourage the use of transit ridership by developing travel demand management strategies, such as incentives for alternative mode use or transit pass programs. This paper provides a discussion on achievable sustainability benefits from cooperative efforts between transit providers and universities. A peer review of five universities cooperating with transit agencies illustrates the sustainability successes of these programs.

Monograph Accession #:

01329018

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-4213

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Sandidge, Stuart Matthew

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

References (31) ; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Federal funding

Subject Areas:

Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-4213

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 6:47PM