成人VR视频

SP0180: Creating a Bike-friendly Campus: Improving Infrastructure & Awareness

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Improving the quality and quantity of bike infrastructure and bike education on the downtown and

Macdonald campuses.

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Due to the urgency of climate change, strong commitments and actions need to be implemented and prioritized in order to significantly reduce 成人VR视频's carbon footprint. In 2019, daily commuting by students, faculty and staff contributed 12% of 成人VR视频鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions (ref 1).

Short trips with cars contribute disproportionately to commuting emissions (ref 2). To reduce emissions from commuting, we must reduce motorized travel in individual vehicles and create conditions conducive to increasing the share of collective and active modes of transportation. This project focus specifically on increasing the share of cycling, a mode of active transportation that provides a zero-emissions, healthy, and equitable alternative.

成人VR视频 is not currently optimizing opportunities to increase the modal share of bike commuters to our campuses. The demand for bicycle parking and other infrastructure that supports cycling for students and employees is greater than the existing capacity on the downtown and Macdonald campuses. And, we can only expect demand for bike infrastructure at 成人VR视频 to grow due to external factors such as a steady bike ridership increase in Quebec over the past 20 years (ref 3) and a progressive extension of the biking season due to climate change (ref 4).

An increase in the quantity and quality of bike infrastructure, as well as increased education and awareness about the benefits of cycling is needed to reach 成人VR视频's carbon neutrality goals.

Resources from the SPF will be used to contribute to the execution of the project.听

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Group

成人VR视频 Office of Sustainability

Students' Society of 成人VR视频

Related Projects

Bike Repair Station (SP0107)

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Contact

sustainability [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Bike%20infrastructure) (成人VR视频 Office of Sustainability)

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