Toward a green campus : a transportation strategy for Texas A&M University.
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2009-03-01
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Alternative Title:Transportation strategy for Texas A&M University
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Edition:Final report.
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Abstract:This research study produces a recommended sustainable transportation implementation plan for Texas
A&M University (TAMU) to enhance the environmental performance of its campus transportation system.
To achieve the goal, this study followed a historical design approach using existing documents and
materials, along with the knowledge gained from interviews with campus transportation services and from
site visits to a selected sample of universities whose size characteristics are similar to TAMU and who have
successfully implemented sustainable transportation strategies. A series of data collection efforts was also
conducted to provide a general picture of parking usage and parking users at TAMU.
The recommended implementation plan consists of an organizational framework of a sustainable campus
transportation system as well as a series of specific strategies addressing different elements of such a
system. It is concluded that TAMU needs to shift its approach to campus transportation from the current
practice of providing to an approach based on controlling single-occupancy vehicular traffic to campus and
improving its alternative transportation options, such as walking, biking, and transit.
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