UCC CampusBike – A Bicycle Fleet for University Staff
Concept – Set-up – Operation – Experiences
UCC Buildings and Estates would like to invite you to a dissemination seminar on
Wednesday, 9th November 2011, 10.30 (ends c. 15.00)
in the Western Gateway Building,
University College Cork
UCC CampusBike has been established over the last one and a half years as a SmarterTravel demonstration project, part-funded by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.
Background:
University College Cork is committed to a Green Campus policy, and aspects of sustainability play an important role on more and more levels of the University's operations. UCC's efforts in this field have been recognised e.g. by being awarded the "Green Flag" by An Taisce (on behalf of the FEE – Foundation for Environmental Education) in 2010.
Sustainable travel is one important element of this strategy, and the promotion of cycling to and from the University is a major part in this.
Giving staff members easy access to a bicycle during the working day is the idea behind the UCC CampusBike scheme. A communal bicycle fleet is available in UCC for hourly use, for both work or private purposes. The basic concept is similar to well established public bike rental schemes in Ireland (e.g. DublinBikes) and abroad, but at a far smaller scale. The first fleet bicycles became operational in UCC in March this year.
As its official status as SmarterTravel demonstration project is finishing by the end of October, UCC (Buildings and Estates Office) is holding this dissemination seminar on UCC CampusBike, where we will inform about the concept, set-up and experiences with the scheme. An outlook will also be given on the scheme's transferability to other employers and the perspective of such rental schemes in general (please see draft programme below).
This seminar is addressed to transport policy makers / authorities, third level educational institutions and other large employers.
If you wish to attend, please let us know before Wednesday, 2nd Nov., as places are limited.
Contact:
Anne Bermingham
UCC Buildings and Estates
021-490 1872
Regards
Stephan
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Stephan Koch
Commuter Plan Manager
Buildings and Estates Office
University College Cork
Tel.: 021-490 3945
Fax: 021-490 3884
E-mail: s.koch@ucc.ie
Web: www.ucc.ie
http://commuting.ucc.ie
UCC is the first university in the world being awarded the GREEN FLAG
by the Federation for Environmental Education (FEE) and An Taisce (Feb 2010)
www.greencampusireland.org
