Transportation Tips
Each day thousands of faculty,
students, and staff commute to UAlbany's
Main, Downtown, and East campuses; many
of them travel alone. Improving
transportation efficiency is consistent
with UAlbany's commitment to
environmental stewardship.
Since transportation is a significant
source of air pollution, responsible for
high-energy consumption, and contributes
to climate change, it is absolutely
vital that colleges and universities
examine the environmental impacts that
result from commuting to and from
campus. In fact, according to the
Surface Transportation and Policy
Project, motor vehicles are the
largest source of air pollution,
generating more than two-thirds of the
carbon monoxide in the atmosphere, a
third of the nitrogen oxides (which
react to form smog), and a quarter of
the hydrocarbons (which also form smog).
Additionally, the Environment Protection
Agency estimates that cars, trucks, and
buses release about 3 billion pounds of
cancer-causing, hazardous air pollutants
each year.
Here on the Transportation
page, you will find useful resources and
links that examine a variety of
transportation and environment topics
such as alternative fuels, air quality,
global warming, land use, urban design
and structure, community and human
issues, and alternative modes of
transportation.
Links
Car Share Network
Transportation and the Environment: An
Annotated Bibliography
Transportation and Environment
Bibliography (DOT library)
Center for Transportation and the
Environment
Research Council on Transportation
Planning and the Environment
NYS Dept. of Transportation
EPA Transportation and Air Quality
AIRNow
AASHTO Center for Environmental
Excellence
National Transportation Library, U.S.
Dept. of Transportation
Bureau
of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Federal Highway Administration |
