Commuting Options: Be "Spartan Green" and Save Money Getting to Campus Panel

Considering commuting to campus for school or work? Not sure about your options? Need to get more information to make a decision that will fit your needs? Join us for a discussion with experts who will share information about services that you could use to get to and from campus and home. Save money, save the environment, and “Be Spartan Green!”

CATA is launching a new ride matching software in early January which will give MSU employees the capability to find fellow employees/students to form a carpool, vanpool, or bike together to campus. When searching for alternative travel modes, users will see the cost, time, and mileage of each mode.

Participants will also hear experiences from commuters: Jen Bruen has been a Michivan driver/coordinator for four years and has been commuting from Novi to Lansing since 2011; Layne Cameron will talk about his 12-mile, one-way bicycle commute from Williamston to campus. (Full disclosure, though, now that it’s cold and dark, he commutes from a free parking lot just off campus. Still, he’s riding every day.)

Learn about:

• CATA Clean Commute Options – a free service that helps interested individuals find alternative ways to commute to work; including car/vanpooling, bus, bike, and walking. Learn about the options that fit your commute and the Emergency Ride Home program, which acts as “commuter insurance” if you’re ever left without transportation.  
• CATA bus service on and off campus, including the Spectran service for individuals with physical mobility concerns in the tri-county area.
• MichiVan vanpool program – sponsored by MDOT and operated by vRide and Enterprise Rideshare, this program supplies fully insured passenger vans to commuter groups.
• Biking - with support from MSU Bikes to help navigate your way safely to campus.

Panelists:  

Jennifer Bruen - MSU employee, vanpool commuter

Layne Cameron - MSU employee, bicycle commuter

Dana King - Michivan/Enterprise

Pam Latka - CATA Marketing Assistant

Tim Potter – MSU employee, Sustainable Transportation Manager, MSU Bikes, bicycle commuter

Grace Noyola - Communications Manager MSU Sustainability, Infrastructure Planning & Facilities

Chloe White – CATA Clean Commute Options Coordinator

Co-sponsored by: CATA; Clean Commute Options; Michivan/Enterprise; MSU Bikes; MSU Council of Graduate Students; MSU Graduate School and Graduate Student Life and Wellness; MSU Recycling and Sustainability; MSU WorkLife Office