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Transportation Policy Committee
Chairperson's
Greeting 2011
On behalf of the members of the University of
New Hampshire Transportation Policy Committee (TPC), I am pleased to
welcome you to the official TPC web page. This website features the
ongoing work of the Committee as well as links to related projects
and issues regarding the transportation system at UNH.
During the course of the past eight years, Transportation Services
has carried out implementation of a series of recommendations
developed and advanced from our recommended demand management
policies and Campus Master Plan (2003
Final Report and Recommendations and
Campus master Plan). We are
happy to report many successes in improving accessibility and
mobility around campus – using sustainable, demand management based
approaches. In 2009-2010 UNH Transit provided over 1.2 million
transit trips to the community– making us the largest transit system
in the state and removing hundreds of thousands of private vehicle
miles from the roads.
Spring 2007 surveys conducted by the TPC demonstrate that our
changes have resulted in system improvements and a community
willingness to continue investments and improvements. I invite you
to read a summary of the survey results posted
here. We expect to
repeat these surveys in 2011-2012 and further track our progress.
In addition, our efforts translate into successes documented
in our Campus Greenhouse Emissions Inventory Reports published by
the University Sustainability Academy and available
here
I invite you to read our
December 2005 Benchmark Report to the Committee and review the
material efforts of the Committee that are all posted on this site
(see links at the right). We will be updating this report with new
data in spring 2011. The committee will use that information
to develop new priorities for the coming academic years and to
provide ongoing recommendations to the President to expand on our
success and provide a long-term, fiscally stable transportation
services for our community
The TPC philosophy and recommendations as
expressed in the Campus Master Plan represents a long-term vision
for transportation improvements on our campus. We remain committed
to improving the accessibility and mobility of our constituents. In
the short-term, these improvements and changes in policy and
practice will be made as resources are available.
The reports found on this page, and ongoing efforts, are the result
of over five years of effort, community input and difficult choices
evaluated by Committee members. We have strived to look
comprehensively at the difficult and intertwined issues related to
transportation, mobility and accessibility at the UNH campus. This
work is done with a realization that change will be incremental and
challenging.
Many short-term recommendations, including incremental parking
increases, lot consolidation,
the construction of the south underpass, completion of improved
sidewalks and trails to the West Edge, a new western gateway,
improvements to the Campus Connector and Wildcat Transit services
and improved transit shelters and lighting and new transit vehicles
– powered by compressed natural gas (CNG)
and biodiesel have been implemented over the past ten years.
Many of these improvements draw heavily from federal
transportation funding provided by the USDOT, USDOE and the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Resources provided by the UNH Student Transportation Fee have
been multiplied by these grants leading to expansion of our services
and infrastructure. We
have completed important improvements such the 2007-2010
reconstruction of Main Street, the renovation of the UNH-Durham Rail
Station and Transit Center and expansion of our bike infrastructure
on campus.
The Campus Planning Office and Transportation Services can provide
more information on the progress of these new programs and
improvements.
Readers may also be interested in reviewing the many media articles
on the process, as well as the archive of some of the historical
work of the Committee (links at right).
Dick Cannon,
Vice President for Finance & Administration
The UNH Transportation Policy Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the President and shall be
responsible for making recommendations on the full range of issues that relate to transportation management,
including parking policy and regulations. Recommendations will be formulated taking into account the teaching,
research, and public service missions of the University and its long-range Master Plan; the transportation needs
of faculty, staff, students, and campus visitors; mutual interests of the University and the Town of Durham with
respect to transportation including regional transportation goals; and funding sources and levels that are realistic
and feasible within UNH budgetary policies and constraints.
The overarching goal of the Committee is to guide the University toward a systemic transportation management
plan that emphasizes health and safety, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and fairness for all University constituents,
consistent with priorities set by the Strategic Academic Plan and the Master Plan, and that focuses on both the supply
and demand characteristics of transportation.