Transportation Goal
Improvements in fleet and commute fuel usage
Last year, the campus achieved its goal of reducing fuel use from fleet and commute by 25% below 1990 levels. With the reductions achieved this year, fuel use is over 30% below 1990 levels. Air travel emissions grew by 11.2% in 2010 relative to 2009. The number of trips grew by 2,300 in 2010, and air travel was at an all time high for the campus.
The campus completed a Parking and Transportation Demand Management Master Plan that articulates policies that reduce the demand for driving and parking while enhancing the sustainable commute programs for faculty, staff, and students. The Parking and Transportation department is employing various strategies identified to accomplish this such as exploring expansion of car-share programs and hiring a Transportation Demand Manager to implement elements of the plan. Other future projects include a grant to reduce circling while searching for empty parking spots and a project with the Safe Traffic Research and Education Center on pedestrian and bike safety along the campus periphery.
BicyCAL Student Cooperative Opens Its New Hub
Offering “peer-to-peer” bike-maintenance and education, BicyCAL members have opened their doors for business. Located up the stairway connecting upper and lower Sproul Plaza (upper entrance located just behind the Golden Bear Café), members offer mechanical know-how and emphasize do-it-yourself information. A 2009 TGIF grant made the new central bike-repair hub possible, and BicyCAL hopes to create a campus bike-sharing program down the road.
Grad student-created iPhone Application Allows Public Transit to go Viral
The “Transporter” application integrates route information and real-time arrival data of local Bay Area public transit. Hoping to eliminate a sense of anxiety about using public transit identified by participants in Bay Area interviews, Berkeley graduate student Ljuba Miljkovic created Transporter to support many features, such as finding out the arrival time of the buses or trains. The application won Berkeley’s James R. Chen Award and is available on iTunes.
Transportation at UC Berkeley, 1990-2011
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel usage - commute and fleet (gallons) |
3,118,671 |
3,009,282 |
2,829,705 |
2,459,121 |
2,222,994 |
2,160,103 |
2,183,331 |
| Vehicle miles traveled - commute |
59,216,106 |
58,170,774 |
54,990,752 |
50,661,749 |
45,407,467 |
44,410,823 |
44,805,035 |
| Vehicle miles traveled - fleet |
2,075,851 |
2,132,149 |
1,864,609 |
2,095,665 |
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| Drive alone rate, faculty/staff (%) |
60.0% |
54.6% |
50.2% |
47.1% |
43.1% |
43.1% |
43.5% |
| Drive alone rate, students (%) |
10.7% |
11.8% |
8.2% |
7.1% |
7.1% |
7.1% |
6.0% |
| Green fleet (%) | 10.9% |
14.5% |
17.9% |
21.6% |
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| Air travel (miles) | 116,892,152 |
110,519,178 |
122,942,318 |
112,500,176 |
Vehicle miles traveled - fleet: Includes all fleet and shuttle vehicles.
Drive-alone rates: Determined through campus surveys every three years.
Green fleet: Includes categories of vehicles as defined in the Energy Policy Act (various) plus hybrid vehicles. Source: Fleet Services.
Source: 2012 Campus Sustainability Report
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