{"470271":{"#nid":"470271","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Achieving Institutional Effectiveness with Alternative Transportation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EParking \u0026amp; Transportation Services (PTS) continues to advance its goal of educating the campus while enhancing the use of alternative transportation among Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne only need to step or drive onto the Georgia Tech campus to see the importance of this goal as many alternative transportation methods, including biking and mass transit, are already in action.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBicycling\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBicycling is especially popular with students, faculty and staff cycling all over campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECampus Bike Share\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPTS is working with GOTCHA to add a free bike share to Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech currently partners with GOTCHA Ride (Green Operated Transportation Carrying Humanity Around).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis quarter, PTS researched campus locations for kiosks and racks and prepared a cost estimate to purchase and install the equipment.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECampus Bike Master Plan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn partnership with Capital Planning and Space Management, PTS is working with Alta, a planning and design firm, to create a Campus Bike Master Plan. This fall, a draft was distributed to campus stakeholders for final comments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe purpose of the Campus Bike Master Plan is to assist in establishing benchmarks and overall proposed bike usage on key campus corridors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPartnerships\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECreating partnerships throughout the metro area allows PTS to do more by involving field experts and sharing program expenses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast summer the City of Atlanta kicked off its bike-sharing program. PTS has helped identify preferred on-campus bike kiosk locations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, PTS is meeting with the Atlanta Beltline\/Atlanta Streetcar Technical Advisory Committee to discuss a proposed streetcar route extending along North Avenue past the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Cobb Community Transit is also considering the possibility of an Xpress bus route, which could link Kennesaw State University with Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, and other destinations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinally, the Midtown Alliance\/Georgia Commute Option and PTS are discussing ways to increase MARTA card sales and ridership.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on alternative transportation including how you can be involved, visit the PTS website \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pts.gatech.edu\/Pages\/default.aspx\u0022\u003Epts.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Parking \u0026 Transportation Services (PTS) continues to advance its goal of educating the campus while enhancing the use of alternative transportation among Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff."}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2015-11-16 16:03:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:03","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"299251":{"id":"299251","type":"image","title":"Students with BuzzBikes","body":null,"created":"1449244552","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:55:52","changed":"1475895000","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:00","alt":"Students with BuzzBikes","file":{"fid":"199490","name":"buzzbikes.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/buzzbikes_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/buzzbikes_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2177515,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/buzzbikes_0.jpg?itok=Ej_LJa6E"}}},"media_ids":["299251"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/pts.gatech.edu\/Pages\/default.aspx","title":"Parking and Transportation"}],"groups":[{"id":"64319","name":"Administration and Finance"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"148081","name":"Administration and Finance newsletter"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:melissa.moore@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMelissa Moore\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Communications and Public Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003ECampus Services\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}