Transportation & Recycling

Transportation

With approximately one-fifth of Temple University's greenhouse gas emissions attributed to transportation (i.e. commuters and university sponsored transportation), the way we move about has a great impact on the environment. Temple University and the city of Philadelphia offer many sustainable ways to get to and from campus and around the city and the region. Jump on board and use the tools below to green your transportation and keep the "green" in your wallet!

Transportation Sustainability Survey of the Temple Community (Dec. 2007)

Transportation at Temple


Bicycling	Campus Shuttle	Parking	Carpooling


Car Sharing	University Pass	Wage Works

Bicycling

Bike Temple: Keep it healthy, fun, and green.

Bike Temple was organized to encourage and support a cycling culture on campus, in the community, and across the region.

Specific number of discounted Fuji Bikes available for Temple Community
Maintenance/repair services available on Main Campus
Equipment and biking essentials for sale
Events to promote bike safety, bike use, and involvement

For more information click to link to their website!

Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia

Making bicycling better through advocacy and education by promoting biking as a healthy, low-cost, and environmentally-friendly form of transportation and recreation.

Carpooling

Save money and hassle by taking advantage of a number of FREE services to commuters available through the Mobility Alternatives Program. Sign up for Share-A-Ride to get matched with carpools, vanpool groups, and more in your area.

Commute worry-free! In case your carpool is unexpectedly unavailable, sign up for the Emergency Ride Home Program and get a car for your one way commute.

Temple University Need-A-Ride Forum
Temple employees are encouraged to make rides available by car pooling with coworkers. A ride share board available through the TUPortal allows faculty, staff and students to offer or find a ride. The site is segmented according to sections of the city and suburbs, each with boards for both passangers and drivers.

Car Sharing

'If you live in a city, you don't need to own a car.'

- William Clay Ford Jr.,

Chair, Ford Motor Company Ltd.

Car sharing is a revolution in personal transportation - urban mobility for the 21st century. About 75% of North Americans live in cities. Many of them simply don't drive enough to justify the expense and hassles of owning a car - yet can't give up the freedom of driving a car when they want to.

Car Sharing provides flexible wheels for an urban lifestyle. It's instant-access to a network of cars throughout the city, 24 hours-a-day, paying-per-trip, without commitment or inconvenience.

PhillyCarShare

For the Main Campus community PhillyCarShare offers several cars available on, or within walking distance, of Main Campus:

Broad & Diamond - BP Station

Broad & Diamond - Hardwick Hall

Broad & Cecil B. Moore

15th & Jefferson - Elmira Jeffries

10th & Berks

9th & Montgomery

For more detailed information on location, available models, and pricing visit PhillyCarShare.

ZipCar

Zipcar, Philadelphia's other carsharing service, currently has three cars available within walking distance of Main Campus:

Broad & Diamond

For more detailed information on locations, available models, and pricing, visit ZipCar's car finder tool.

Office of Parking Services

Visit the website at Temple's Office of Parking Services to learn more about the services in and around the Main, Ambler, Health Sciences and Center City campuses.

Campus Shuttle Services

Temple University's Facilities Management coordinates Shuttle Services between Temple University campuses, as well as running the Main Campus Owl Loop which provides door-to-door service 5:30 PM to 6:00 AM.

WageWorks

WageWorks at Temple enables full time employees of Temple University to pay public transportation, vanpool, or parking expenses with pre-tax money.

What can be purchased with pre-tax Wage Works money?:

SEPTA Tokens and SEPTA Passes (weekly, monthly, etc.)

SEPTA, PATCO, and NJ Transit Regional Rail Passes

Here's a simple example. (Assumes 25% tax bracket)

Without Wage Works: You make $100 at work. You take home $75 of that $100 after tax. You buy a $25 Septa Pass leaving you with $50.

With Wage Works: You make $100 at work. WageWorks purchases a Septa Pass pre-taxes at $25 leaving you with $75. The $75 is taxed leaving you with $56.25.

(SAVINGS =$6.25!)

Public Transportation

Temple University Pass: SEPTA

University Pass is a semester-based transit pass sponsored by SEPTA and Temple University which offers discounted transit passes to full time Temple students (almost 10% off!). Visit the Bursar's Office Application Form to sign up. Application and payment for Fall 2009 is due August 27th, 2009.

SEPTA

SEPTA makes getting around without a car easy. Use "Plan My Trip" or Google Transit to get up-to-the-minute directions from one location to another!

Schedules: subways, buses, regional rail, and trolleys.

Transportation Initiatives

A Transportation Committee has been formed to address Temple’s green house gas emissions associated with the commuting habits of Temple faculty, students and staff, the fuel usage of the fleet of university vehicles, and air travel.

As part of the transportation committee, a bike subcommittee has been established with a focus on making Temple more bicycle-friendly.

A bike counting project on Temple University’s Main Campus was conducted by students organized by the Office of Sustainability from October 28, 2008 through November 3, 2008 to assess the need for more bike racks.

Recycling & Waste

Temple University takes recycling very seriously. In calendar year 2008, Temple recycled 1,574 tons of materials. That’s 3.15 million pounds diverted from a landfill, over 16,400 trees saved, 14.25 billion BTU’s of energy conserved, and 1,235 tons of greenhouse gases not emitted!

What can I recycle at Temple?

Aluminum cans (soda, tuna, soup, etc.)and Plastic (#1 & #2) and Glass (all colors) bottles @ Co-mingled in indoor and outdoor recycling receptacles
Plastic Bags (#2 and #4 plastic bags) @ Bin outside Main Campus Bookstore
Paper (cardboard, boxboard, paperboard, paper bags, newspaper, magazines, copy paper, glossy paper) @ Indoor receptacles
Toner and Ink Cartridges, @ Computer Recycling Center or through the prepaid mailer provided with the cartridge (Temple UPS locations)
Surplus Computers, VCR tapes, and other electronics @ Computer Recycling Center
Chemicals @ Environmental Health and Radiation Safety,
Rechargeable Batteries @ Environmental Health and Radiation Safety, the Office of Sustainability, and the Computer Recycling Center (make an appointment, 215-204-4749 or fill out a pick up form)
Construction site recycling of unused/scrap materials

For more information on recycling at Temple University, please contact Marshall Budin (hmbudin@temple.edu) in Temple's Recycling Office or the Office of Sustainability.

Other Recycling on Campus

Waste Oil Recyclers
Sodexo has partnered with Waste Oil Recyclers, a company that collects waste oil for free from businesses and restaurants in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The waste oil is then processed and resold as fuel. Every gallon of oil recycled prevents 26% of the Carbon Monoxide and 39% of the Particulate Matter associated with a gallon of standard diesel fuel from entering the air.

Shisler Farms
Food waste at the J&H cafeteria is removed by Shisler Farms. It is heat treated and fed to pigs as a substitute to grain feed.

RecycleMania

For the past four years, Temple University has participated in RecycleMania, a 10-week competition among colleges and universities to see who can waste less and recycle the most! Visit Temple's RecycleMania page for more information.