Open AccessCooperation for Sustainable Development: a University Transport Model
Author(s) -
Melissa Casacchi,
Vivian Rocha,
Marcos Cohen,
Luiz Felipe Guanaes
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of sustainability perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2797-7137
DOI - 10.14710/jsp.2021.12566
Subject(s) - general partnership , business , public transport , sustainable transport , greenhouse gas , environmental planning , transport engineering , sustainable development , order (exchange) , environmental economics , sustainability , environmental science , political science , engineering , finance , economics , ecology , law , biology
The transportation system generally contributes with the largest share of Greenhouse Gases Emissions (GHG) among economic activities, which includes the high level of gas emissions from the transport system in the GHC Inventory from Higher Education Institutions (HEI). Guided by its socio-environmental agenda, the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), has sought to implement integrated programs to encourage the use of alternative transportation in order to mitigate the impacts of urban mobility on the atmosphere since 2010. Free parking and shower facilities for cyclists, as well as pedestrian friendly sites and limited vehicle parking area inside the campus are some of the welcomed interventions implemented by PUC-Rio. In addition, the institution has collaborated technically with the public authorities to enable the arrival of good quality mass transportation to the University neighborhood. Even facing limited mass public transportation in the surroundings of the main campus, PUC-Rio has implemented a series of transportation initiatives that rely on the commitment and partnership of its community (students, professors and staff), who strongly support new solutions for sustainable development and contribute to the improvement of PUC-Rio transportation performance