Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.63
Liaison Konrad Schlarbaum
Submission Date March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Colorado Colorado Springs
OP-17: Support for Sustainable Transportation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Ryan Osborne
Transportation Sustainability Intern
Parking and Transportation Services
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Does the institution have a bicycle-sharing program or participate in a local bicycle-sharing program?:
Yes

A brief description of the bicycle sharing program:
The UCCS SOLE Center rents mountain bikes for one day, a weekend, or a week.
Website: https://recwellness.uccs.edu/campus-rec/outdoor/equipment-rental

UCCS has met with PikeRide, a local bicycle-sharing organization, multiple times in 2023-2024 to discuss a partnership to offer their services to our campus community. In addition, we had meetings with CU Boulder and Colorado State University to learn more about their bike-sharing programs.

Does the institution participate in a car sharing program?:
Yes

None
A brief description of the car sharing program:
UCCS offers an institutionally operated motor pool for official business and student events. The University actively provides bus charters and van shares for ski trips, athletic events, and conferences within 100 air miles of the campus.

Does the institution offer preferential parking or other incentives for fuel efficient vehicles?:
Yes

A brief description of the incentives for fuel efficient vehicles:
UCCS has LEFE (Low Emission Fuel Efficient) preferential parking at many parking lots across campus. Parking & Transportation Services manages a current list of vehicles that meet LEFE expectations and provides parking pass owners with an LEFE sticker to place in their cars and gain permission to park in these designated parking spaces.

Does the institution have one or more Level 2 or Level 3 electric vehicle recharging stations that are accessible to student and employee commuters?:
Yes

None
A brief description of the electric vehicle recharging stations:
UCCS has four single-port Level 2 EV charging stations in Alpine Garage. UCCS has also secured a grant to replace these chargers with two dual-port EV charging stations. The University also plans to use this funding to install one dual-port charging station at the Gateway Garage and one at the Anschutz Engineering Center. All of these chargers are accessible to the public.

Does the institution have incentives or programs to encourage employees to live close to campus?:
Yes

None
A brief description of the incentives or programs to encourage employees to live close to campus:
UCCS Residence Life & Housing created an off-campus housing resource website that outlines how to find housing, what questions to ask, and what variables to consider when deciding where to live.

Website: https://offcampushousing.uccs.edu/

Does the institution have other programs or initiatives to encourage more sustainable modes of transportation and/or reduce the impact of student and employee commuting?:
Yes

A brief description of other programs or initiatives to encourage more sustainable modes of transportation and/or reduce the impact of student and employee commuting:
UCCS has many programs and events to help encourage students to use more sustainable modes of transportation:
• Offering educational workshops to learn the basics of mountain biking
• Consolidation of all biking resources into a single website at https://bike.uccs.edu/
• A bike shop for students to repair bikes. This shop is funded by leftover money from the bike locker fee
• A variety of events (Bike Jam, Bike to Work Day, EV demo day for Earth Day, etc.)
• A Bicycle Advisory Committee https://sustain.uccs.edu/get-involved/bicycle-advocacy-committee
• Institutionally operated motor/vanpool
• Meetings with CU Boulder and Colorado State University to formulate plans to share best practices and grant opportunities for supporting multi-modal transportation options.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for sustainable transportation is available:
https://pts.uccs.edu/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
To better support student biking, UCCS has designed a new resource for students to find better biking resources on campus and find routes to bike to campus. While UCCS is discontinuing the Pedal Perks bicycling incentive program, it has been active since the last report. UCCS remains committed to encouraging students to bike to campus.

Parking & Transportation Services
https://pts.uccs.edu/
Off-Campus Housing
https://offcampushousing.uccs.edu/
UCCS Biking Resources
https://bikeleague.org/map/?community=80923
https://bike.uccs.edu/
Pedal Perks - Bike Incentive Program
https://bike.uccs.edu/pedal-perks

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