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Report to <strong>UIC</strong> 35 Chancellor’s Committee on Susta<strong>in</strong>ability <strong>and</strong> Energy<br />
• Exp<strong>and</strong> bicycle programs <strong>and</strong> amenities: <strong>UIC</strong> should<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestigate the possibility <strong>of</strong> exp<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g bike racks at<br />
strategic locations throughout campus, implement<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
bicycle rental/shar<strong>in</strong>g program <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g lockers<br />
<strong>and</strong> showers. The Chicago Department <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Transportation</strong>’s Bike Program should be leveraged for<br />
this purpose.<br />
• Exp<strong>and</strong> bike lane network: <strong>UIC</strong> should consider<br />
exp<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g the number <strong>of</strong> bike lanes near campus.<br />
CMAP’s CMAQ program <strong>and</strong> the CDOT programs can<br />
be leveraged for this purpose.<br />
• Develop <strong>and</strong> adopt a Bicycle Plan for campus,<br />
<strong>in</strong>tegrat<strong>in</strong>g it with the City <strong>of</strong> Chicago Bike Plan <strong>and</strong> the<br />
<strong>UIC</strong> Master Plan.<br />
• Develop secure, dest<strong>in</strong>ation-oriented bicycle park<strong>in</strong>g<br />
areas on campus to mitigate theft. Opportunities for grant<br />
fund<strong>in</strong>g should be pursued.<br />
• Experiment with advanced technologies to boost user<br />
confidence with the bike mode: The work be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
conducted by the CTS IGERT <strong>and</strong> UTC on advanced<br />
technologies for non-motorized transportation, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
rout<strong>in</strong>g based on the user’s safety <strong>and</strong> security<br />
preferences may be undertaken as a demonstration<br />
project to boost bicycle usage <strong>and</strong> to encourage a far<br />
greater number <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividuals to use these modes <strong>of</strong><br />
transportation to <strong>and</strong> around campus.<br />
2. Promote <strong>and</strong> exp<strong>and</strong> <strong>UIC</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong> Benefit Program:<br />
The <strong>Transportation</strong> Benefit Program is a valuable resource<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered to employees <strong>of</strong> the <strong>UIC</strong>. Under the Internal Revenue<br />
Service Code, it allows benefits eligible employees to realize<br />
<strong>in</strong>come tax sav<strong>in</strong>g by pay<strong>in</strong>g for commut<strong>in</strong>g expenses with pretax<br />
dollars.<br />
Currently, the program operates by deduct<strong>in</strong>g monthly a preselected<br />
amount from the employee’s paycheck for “qualified<br />
transportation expenses.” This resource also serves the<br />
<strong>University</strong> by sav<strong>in</strong>g on payroll taxes.<br />
In 2003, the ‘<strong>UIC</strong> Transit Check User Survey’ was conducted,<br />
which outl<strong>in</strong>ed the positives <strong>and</strong> negatives which enrolled<br />
employees who completed the survey perceived to be<br />
associated with the program.<br />
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