2. Greening Our Fleet:
With Vehicle emissions a significant cause of climate change
and smog, we researched the best “Green” fit for the
replacement of the Parking & Transportation Enforcement and
Maintenance vehicle fleet.
In fall of 2012 Parking & Transportation replaced the
Enforcement and Maintenance fleet with green vehicles to
include:
(5) Toyota Prius Hybrids
• Received the government 5-star safety ratings
• 50 MPG (2.0 gallons per 100 miles), expected to save
$7,100.00 per vehicle in fuel costs over 5 years compared to
the average new vehicles
• Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Rating (1 out of 10) is
10
(2) Ford Transit Connects
(1) Ford F-150 Pick-up Truck
• Alternative (Ethanol) fueled vehicle
3. Implemented Sustainable Program:
UC Berkeley, through a partnership with rideshare network provider
Zimride, has created an innovative solution to green one of the
campuses most tolling carbon footprints, driving personal vehicles.
Whether students/faculty/staff are driving to campus or out of town on
the weekends, single occupant vehicles creates a massive amount of
greenhouse gases and create congestion on the state’s overcrowded
roads. Cal Zimride, launched in 2010, has gained over 4,455 users, and
provided carpool options for people coming to campus or going out of
town.
Zimride conducts surveys of users to determine how many
carpools are formed. In 2012, confirmed carpools on private
systems increased to an average of over 33% of ride posts
becoming successful carpools. To be more conservative, below
Zimride assumed a 25% success for the 2012 stats. Using this
figure, along with current IRS vehicle costs and EPA mileage, fuel
and CO2 averages, Zimride estimated that UC Berkeley has saved
the following:
4. Transit Upgrade:
Worked through the transition to the new Campus Shuttle vendor
including an unexpected period of time when we were without shuttle
buses and had to use passenger vans. Bear Transit provides 500,000
daytime rides and 60,000 night safety rides annually.
• Partnership with Bauers Shuttles
• Purchase 5 new “Green” buses and 4 “Green” Night Safety Shuttle
Vans.
• GPS tracking will be added shortly to see where buses are
travelling in real time.
• Added Shuttle to campus Shared Service Center
• Extended Night Safety Shuttle during the summer, May 2012 -
August 2012 and provided 23,936 rides.
THE LOOP:
A new golf-cart service now available to everyone with mobility
difficulties
• The Loop provides intra-campus rides for eligible faculty, staff, and
students with disabilities. The Loop cart is a small golf cart which
provides rides on a first come first served basis, with priority given
to rides needed for an academic purpose.
• The Loop operates Monday through Friday, 8:45am to 5:30pm only
on the core campus.
5. New Technology:
• Handheld devices for Enforcement Unit
• Allows Enforcement to scan license plates for illegally
parked vehicles
• Gives up to date information on permit holders. For
example, if permit holder does not properly display their
permit, the handheld will alert the citing officer that a
permit is registered to that vehicle and a warning can be
written, rather than a citation.
• Less time to download a citation into database
• Ability to sell and print Special Event permits in the field
during events (i.e., concerts, sporting events,
conferences, etc.)
• New Parking Management database to replace aging and
obsolete database that was no longer supported by vendor.
• Implementation of new Parking Dispensing Machines that
accepts credit and debit cards
Looking Towards the Future:
• Add gated systems at parking structures with card access
• GPS tracking of buses
• Replace maps on campus
• Implement street signs on campus
• Replace signs at all lot locations
• Google Trike - Which will give visitors the ability to explore and
plan visits to the UC Berkeley campus in a 360-degree street-
level imagery.
6. Community Outreach:
Our Mission One of Parking & Transportation’s goals is to disseminate accurate and
timely information and updates to the UC Berkeley community and
To improve the quality of life for the UC Berkeley community by general public. As times have changed, we had to evolve how we
providing safe, convenient and well maintained parking and communicate. Through the use of Social Media and our Website, which
transportation options, while promoting and facilitating alternative is currently going through a new overhaul, we have been able to
modes of transportation. continue to communicate to the masses in a timely and accurate
manner and promote continuous improvement of systems, processes
As part of our mission, we participate in community outreach programs and procedures at P&T.
to educate and disseminate information about our parking and
alternative transportation programs, such as, New Employee
Orientation, Play Green Festival, Cal Day, Staff Appreciation Day, Bike
to Work Day, etc.
7. Department Accomplishments:
Continuity Planning
Director Seamus Wilmot was the recipient of the
2012 Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award. In his Parking & Transportation completed a Continuity Plan
three years as the Parking and Transportation and has been recognized for becoming a 2012 Partner
Director, Seamus has demonstrated outstanding in Readiness and demonstrating an ongoing
leadership by dramatically transforming the culture commitment in improving Berkeley’s ability to respond
of the department and gaining the respect and trust and recover from any disruption – large or small.
of all the staff.
He has gone to great lengths to improve unit
communication and provide staff development
opportunities for staff at every level. In addition, his
many innovative projects, such as, retrofitting
garage lighting, and the Operational Excellence Car
Share Initiative, have saved money significantly
contributed to campus sustainability efforts.
Event Services
Responsible for organizing the guest parking
and traffic movement on campus
for special events.
• We help support 1,500 events per year.
- Athletic Events - Cal Day
- Conferences - Cal-Move-In Day
- Greek Theatre Events - Commencements
- Zellerbach Events - And many more!!!
