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RECYCLING |
IMPROVEMENTS |
GETTING AROUND |
OTHER OPTIONS |
- Recycling bins
- Recycling coordinators assigned
- New initiatives being developed daily
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- Flushing diesel fuel systems
- Maximizing engine efficiency
- Eliminate Crankcase emmision
- Switching to Ultra-Low Sulfur Fuel (ULSF)
- B-2 Biodiesel
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PARK & RIDES
On Campus
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Smarter Commuting
- Smart Park
- Bundle Pack
- Metro Chek
- Bicycling
- Public transportation options in the area
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As a member of the Division of Student Affairs, and in concert with their Recycling and Environmentally Friendly Initiatives, the Department of Transportation Services (DOTS) would like to introduce BIODOTS to you. This marketing campaign is in place to inform you of the many steps DOTS has taken, and is taking, to participate in the initiative and care for the environment.
- We have provided all staff with recycling bins and appointed ‘coordinators’ at the Regents and Shuttle-UM offices to be responsible for overseeing recycling at their locations.
- We promote and encourage the use of Alternative Transportation options in commuting to and from campus. We continue to explore additional area alternative services to introduce to our students, faculty and staff.
- We have put bicycle racks on the front of our off-campus commuter buses.
- We added the Burtonsville Park & Ride service to our shuttle services. We will continue to run the Laurel Park & Ride. See our web site for details. www.transportation.umd.edu.
- We have put a number of steps in place to increase our recycling;
- We encourage our transit users to download our schedules to their pda’s or to print a schedule directly from our web site to save paper and print only as needed. We cut the number of printed schedules this year and printed in black ink on a low-bleached paper.
- We will be flushing all diesel engine fuel system with an additive to help clean internal parts of carbon and other harmful byproducts of combustion.
- We will have the majority of our large buses’ exhaust and intake valves adjusted and injectors recalibrated. This will maximize the engines' efficiency.
- We will be installing crankcase ventilation systems on all of our buses. This will eliminate crankcase emission. Byproducts of combustion will no longer be venting in to the atmosphere as it will be all going back into the engine and will be reused.
- We will be switching to a cleaner burning, Ultra Low Sulfur, fuel, by March 2006, or sooner if it becomes available in this area.
- We ran a test use of bio-diesel fuel in the early Summer of 2005. B20, which is 80% diesel and 20% alternate fuel source, was our test product. All our transit vehicles will now be run on bio-diesel.
- Every transit University of Maryland bus will now be required to shut down after idling for five minutes. Our buses are equipped with a turbo charger, thus it is recommended to idle engines for at least five minutes before shutting down so that the bus will cool down the turbo charger.
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