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Sustainability Action Plan: Transportation

The campus finds ways to decrease its emissions from transportation through multiple initiatives supporting rideshare, public transit, and alternative transportation methods.

Sustainability Action Plan
Transportation Section

Objective 1: Decrease emissions from commuting to and from campus
Objective 2: Decrease emissions from commuting on campus
Objective 3: Decrease NAU vehicle emissions each year
Objective 4: Decrease emissions from domestic and international travel

Top Accomplishments 

  • NAU moved up to gold level on bicycle friendly university list in November of 2016.
  • NAU provides all employees (even student workers) with a free ecoPASS for commuting on the Mountain Line city bus system
  • NAU offers free bike rental through the Yellow Bike program. The Yellow Bikes are free to rent and include a bike lock and light for safe night riding.
  • NAU has an online care share program call Zimride to assist the campus community in finding carpool options
  • There is a bike resource on campus known as the Bike HUB where you can get free tune-ups and learn about bike maintenance.
  • Enterprise Rent-A-Car is a car-sharing program available on-campus for faculty, staff, and students regardless of age
  • In 2012 NAU was named a silver-level Bicycle-Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists
  • Bike storage and showers are available on campus for commuters
  • There are special carpooling parking passes available in designated lots for commuting students, staff, and faculty
  • NAU participates in the annual “Bike to Work Week”
  • Approximate 1.36 million rides are provided to students, faculty, and staff on campus shuttles each year
  • Fuel efficient buses are used for shuttle services
  • Fleet Services uses recycled motor oil on-campus through a Green Fund project
Join NAU’s Transportation Action Team!