Campus Sustainability Menu
When you absolutely can’t avoid travel as part of your work at the university, iSEE has provided a guide to purchasing carbon offsets! Visit the guide >>>
More on Transportation
More about Sustainable Transportation on campus
- iSEE’s Fall 2022 feature on the Campus Bike Center >>>
- U of I recognized in October 2019 as a Silver Bicycle Friendly Campus
- iSEE feature on the Illini Hyperloop team >>>
- In October 2019, the University of Illinois launches the UI Ride program, an 18-passenger bus shuttle service to connect the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago universities and the Discovery Partners Institute with three daily round trips, Monday through Friday.
- Dockless bike-share company VeoRide has been on campus since the 2018-19 academic year.
- In Fall 2018, Facilities & Services launched a new Bike at Illinois webpage. Check it out >>>
- We’ve got whole page dedicated to getting you around campus and the local area using as little carbon as possible. Check out all the resources here.
- As of November 2014, the Urbana-Champaign campus has five parking lots/garages that feature multiple Level 1 (120V duplex receptacle) charging stations for electric vehicles: North Campus Parking Deck (B-4); Parking Deck C-7; Parking Deck C-10; Parking Deck F-29; and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (D-5). For more information, click here.
- iSEE feature on biking and bicycle advocacy on campus >>>
Transportation iCAP Team
“At-a-glance” key points from the iCAP 2020 Transportation theme. Click for an enlarged version.
Read iCAP 2020 Chapter 3: Transportation >>>
Want to get involved? View our Transportation Next Steps >>>
The Transportation Team, which formed in 2014 and continued with expanded numbers of students, faculty, and staff starting in 2019, is examining the Illinois Climate Action Plan goals and accomplishments in this theme.
The University of Illinois improved its reporting on air travel emissions between 2010 and 2015. A new baseline was established based on new reporting rules and techniques, and the 2015 iCAP will work from this more solid baseline in calling for a 23% reduction by FY20, and then an additional 15% reduction by FY25.
To make progress in this area, campus intends to implement a new campus bike plan and other sustainable transportation options and encourage carpooling and teleconferencing whenever possible to reduce miles traveled.
iCAP Topical Teams report annually on progress made toward Illinois Climate Action Plan objectives in their area of focus.
Read a 2024 update on iCAP progress in transportation >>>
Current Team Members
- Faculty: Ria Kontou, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2020-)
- Faculty: John Rubins, Senior Lecturer in English (2023-)
- Staff: Sarthak Prasad, Facilities & Services Sustainability Specialist (2019-) Read more about Sarthak >>>
- Staff: Erin Kristovich, Accounting Officer, Parking Department (2023-)
- Student: Mitchell Bryant, Ph.D. in Bioengineering (2022-) Read more about Mitchell >>>
- Student: Sebastian Vega, Undergraduate in Chemical Engineering (2023-) Read more about Sebastian >>>
- Clerk: Olivia Messerges, Undergraduate in Agricultural & Consumer Economics (2023-) (Email) Read more about Olivia >>>