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Transportation

What can you do?

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Public Transportation

  • Reduce your carbon footprint by riding one of the over a dozen buses that run through Boulder and the CU campus.

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Biking

  • Choosing to bike to work or class rather than drive can save over 3,000 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions each year, and the cost of maintaining a bike is twenty times less than that of a car.

  • With over 300 miles of bikeway, including on-street bike lanes, designated bike routes, and paved shoulders, Boulder is great for cyclists.

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Walking

  • Just like biking, walking to class or work wastes no energy and is great for your health.

     

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Ride Sharing

  • Each car owned by a ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft removes between 5.5 to 12.7 tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year.

  • Both Uber and Lyft have shared ride features that are cheaper and still reduce emissions. 

  • Carpooling is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint. 

  • Obeying the speed limit, checking your tire pressure, removing excess weight from your trunk, and turning your engine off while parked keep your trips more sustainable. 

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Green Travel

  • Lessen your footprint by taking non-stop flights, as the majority of emissions are emitted during takeoff and landing.

  • Support local businesses, such as hotels, restaurants, and shops, instead of large tourist corporations when traveling. 

  • Before you book a hotel or hostel, make sure that their environmental values align with yours!

What is CU Doing?

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What is CU Doing?

  • Provides all students and qualifying faculty with RTD passes for bus routes in Boulder and Denver 

  • Two bike stations on campus that help out with bike maitence along with short term and long term rentals 

  • B-Cycle stations on campus where students can rent bicycles 

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207 UCB, UMC 355, Boulder, CO 80309-0207 
To contact us please leave a message at 303-492-8308 or email ecenter@colorado.edu
Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00a-5:00p

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