The Auraria campus is serviced by several bus and light rail lines—as a result, 35% of our campus population uses public transit to commute to campus. This is an impressive statistic! However, still nearly 50% of commuters on the Auraria campus drive alone[1]. Single-occupancy vehicle trips produce the most greenhouse gases and have the highest impact on the environment.[2] Next time you need to take a trip, consider using your RTD pass (you pay for it with your student fees, so you might as well), hop on a bike, carpool with friends or take a trip on an e-scooter! If everyone on the Auraria Campus eliminated a 2-mile car trip each week for a year, we would prevent 5 million pounds of greenhouse gasses from entering the atmosphere![3] See the graph below for the environmental impact associated with each mode of commute.
What is the ASCP doing to improve alternative transportation on campus?
Bike Parking: We offer covered and secured bike parking (60 spots) in the Tivoli Garage. Come to Tivoli 325 to get your card coded!
Bike Maintenance: 2 self-service Fix-it stations (Tivoli Garage and Arts Building). The CU Wellness Center Bike Shop and Outdoor Pursuits (PE Rec Center) offer professional help!
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: The ASCP is partnering with AHEC Parking to increase the number of electric vehicle charging stations we have.
RTD Pass: we are continuing to advocate for fair membership rates with RTD.
[1] Statistics are the average of three Auraria campus transportation surveys conducted between 2010 and 2017.
[2]https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/PublicTransportationsRoleInRespondingToClimateChange2010.pdf
[3] Calculated using national fuel efficiency averages, provided by EPA, which suggest that single-occupancy car trips produce an average of 0.98 lbs CO2 per mile traveled.