Sustainable commuting
In 2014, a survey of the SFU community found that a strong majority of both students and employees used a sustainable commuting option, such as cycling, skateboarding, walking, other forms of active transportation, taking public transit and carpooling, to get to an SFU campus in a seven day period.
Notes:
- Approximately 25 percent of the population responded (8000 people).
- Includes respondents who indicated having used any of: active transit, carpool or public transit to get to an SFU campus in the past seven days (the survey period).
- Excludes respondents who indicated they did not come to an SFU campus in the past seven days and respondents who did not provide an answer to the questions asking what mode they used to commute to campus.
- Respondents who are both employees and students are included in both categories.
Electric Vehicle Plug-in Ports
Electric vehicles produce 80 to 90 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline vehicles, making them a more sustainable option than their gas-powered counterparts. For individuals who choose to drive electric vehicles, SFU provides charging stations at three of its Burnaby parking lots: Discovery Park, the E parking lot and the B parking lot. Additional charging stations are also available at the Cornerstone parking lot, bringing the total available chargers to 10 at Burnaby campus.
Both Vancouver and Surrey campuses also have electric vehicle chargers close-by, with a plug available in the Harbour Centre West Impark Lot 123 and two plugs in the Central City parking lot P3 west of SFU P3.
