Overarching Aim
To draft policies with five-year and ten-year benchmarks for sustainable transportation solutions that mitigate emissions, traffic congestion, and parking concerns
Goals
Reduce employee-alone commuting from 88% to 83% and student-alone commuting from 82% to 75%
Decrease vehicular traffic on campus
Reduce emissions from all transportation modes
Strategies
- 1.Develop an institutional telecommuting and expanded flexible workday policy to reduce commute time, improve recruitment and retention, and support work/life balance
- 2.Conduct a biennial commuter survey
- 3.Provide incentives for use of sustainable transportation such as public transportation, carpooling, electric vehicles, walking, and cycling to campus and on campus
- 4.Align with UAB Campus Master Plan goals for walkability and multi-modal transportation systems
- 5.Produce a master plan for bike facilities
- 6.Strengthen partnerships with local transit and area transportation organizations
