The University of Toledo

Transportation

The University of Toledo is making an investment in sustainability with the addition of electric, biodiesel and flex fuel vehicles in its fleet.

UTsupports public transportation options which includes free campus transportation between main and the Health Science Campus and offsite shuttles from apartment complexes and to places of interest in the area. During the academic year free shuttles run from campus to the downtown area, the Toledo Museum of Art and to the Toledo Zoo. Free shuttles also run to many apartment and condominium complexes: Torrey Hill, Bancroft Medical Center, Executive Towers, Kenwood Cedars, Kenwood Gardens, Brookview, Swanpark, Deerfield Run, and Hunters Ridge.

A program called Rocket Ride provides transportation for students, faculty and staff from many locations around town to campus.

UTalso promotes using local transit services with TARTA (Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority) on a program for staff and students called Call-A-Ride that will basically take you anywhere you want to go (within a specified distance ) for $1.

UThas a parking policy that encourages staff and students to park on the outskirts of campus and walk into campus. UT also has a Parking Policy to inform staff and students of the environmental benefits of the program.

UTalso has installed bike corrals around the campuses, and a new corral is being added on the east side of the West Ramp. Ground has already been broken on the project and by fall the fenced in area, equipped with security cameras and card swipe access should accommodate around 70 bikes and provide lockers to store helmets or other items.

UTalso hosts a free program called the “Toledo Bicycling Community” who hosts meetings on the campus. The community will operate as a social networking group where bikers can talk about gear, equipment, safer routes to work and vacation bike touring. The group also will keep a collective tally of the gallons of gas saved by deciding not to drive to work every day. They also plan to use public transportation and carpooling as alternatives to getting to UT during the winter.

There are traffic control devices (gates) to limit traffic in the center of campus to emergency vehicles and deliveries (though with ongoing construction projects the gates are not currently used). Signs are posted to restrict traffic and we enforce and gain compliance through ticketing.

The Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking Policy speaks to the parking and traffic rules. In the policy under (6) (C) (ii) pedestrians have the right of way in crosswalks at all times, except at signal controlled intersections (like Douglas Rd.). Signs are going up before fall indicating pedestrian right of way at certain high traffic intersections.