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Office of Sustainability

Transport

 

According to the Department of Energy, highway vehicles release about 1.7 billion tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year, which contributes to climate change. By utilizing alternatives, you can help reduce your carbon footprint.

  • Participate in COAST: Coogs on Alternative and Sustainable Transportation offers incentives for UH community members with multiple transportation options to and from campus:
    • Carpooling incentives include priority parking spaces and discounted permit rates. 
    • METRO (The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County) offers over 60 bus routes as well as a vanpool program and METRORail. Order a Q-Card online through your PeopleSoft account.
    • Bike to school and make sure to register your personal bike. Houston BCycle is a bike share service with many stations on and around the UH campus.
    • Zipcar offers car rentals at a discount to UH students, faculty, staff, and alumni, with three pick-up/drop-off locations on campus.