Sustainable Transportation and Grounds in UIC - University of ...

Report to UIC 33 Chancellor’s Committee on Sustainability and Energy
• Overall, there are enough ‘spatially clustered’ groups of faculty
and staff to whom transit is not available. Employees in these
spatially clustered groups may be better served with express
buses, vanpools, carpools and other high occupancy modes.
• Almost 20% of UIC students live within 2 miles of campus and
about 35% live within 5 miles. In FY2007, 3,109 students
resided in campus housing in the east, south or west sides.
• Close to 90% of UIC students have a valid driver’s license and
about 72% have a private vehicle available to them.
• More than 60% of UIC U-PASS users are ‘moderate intensity
users’ who ride the transit system between 32 and 106 times
per semester. About 18% are ‘high intensity users’ who ride
the system 106 times per semester. Only 5% of U-PASS
holders are non-users (never used the transit system at all
during a semester).
• There has been a 230% decrease in parking permits issued to
students since the implementation of the U-PASS. There has
been a 38% decrease among non-academic employee parking
permits on the east side, whereas on the while there has been
a slight increase on the west side.
• Daily parking utilization is approximately 64% (81% west
campus, 50% east campus). The medical community parking
needs affords the university opportunity to allocate parking
space more efficiently. Special events on campus can
generate 100% parking lot utilization in the parking areas close
to the venue.
• The number of academic participants in the transit benefit
program has increased 233% while the number of nonacademic
participants has increased only 26%.
• In terms of schedules, staff and part-time students have the
most predictable schedules. Faculty members tend to be on
campus during the business day with a somewhat varied
schedule, while full-time students have the greatest schedule
variety, with more than 25% stating that their schedules vary
considerably.
STARS Standards
• Currently, the institution’s motorized fleet emits 0.2 carbon
dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) per passenger mile traveled,
achieving one point. We could achieve 2 points by having no
CO 2 e per passenger mile traveled (carbon neutral fleet).
• Another credit is given for having a specified percentage of the
institution's faculty, staff, and students getting to and from
campus by a means other than single occupancy vehicle for
the majority of their daily trips. Alternatives to singleoccupancy
vehicle transportation include walking, bicycling,
van or carpooling, taking public transportation, or riding a
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