Tools and resources

Transportation definitions

  • Transportation
  • Toolkit
  • Definitions
(Transportation toolkit) Definitions of terms used to describe transportation considerations including fuel-efficient transport, renewable energy options, and terms common to the transportation supply chain. 

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Ambulance Engine Idle Reduction

  • Transportation
  • Exemplary Document
Medidock provides an alternative to idling the ambulance on the hospital campus, generating power for key ambulance needs at a lower cost than running the engine.

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UH Celebrate 2016 Sustainable Transportation

  • Poster
  • Exemplary Document
  • Transportation
  • University Hospitals
University Hospital poster for 2016: The Year of Sustainable Transportation event

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Transportation UCSF 2016

  • Transportation
  • Exemplary Document
  • UCSF
  • Employee Benefit
University of California San Francisco employee benefits include discounts on solar for the home and on the purchase of a Nissan LEAF.  

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UH Bikes Press Release July 2016

  • Exemplary Document
  • Transportation
  • University Hospitals
  • Toolkit
This is a press release from University Hospitals about the 2016 pre-launch roll out of a bike share system they sponsor in Cleveland and Cuyahoga counties in Ohio. “Biking is healthy, active and highly social – in short, a great way to help create more livable and connected communities, both for residents and visitors,” said Sarah O’Keeffe, Sustainability Manager. “UHBikes directly aligns with…

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TransportationUVM Fanny Valley 2016

  • Transportation
  • Exemplary Document
  • University of Vermont
Governor Peter Shumlin joined Drive Electric Vermont in celebrating the launch of Drive the Dream Vermont, a campaign to increase the use of electric vehicles in the state. As part of the campaign, a diverse group of leading Vermont employers met with Governor Shumlin to announce their commitments to advance electric vehicles in Vermont. The Drive the Dream Vermont campaign will spur the growth…

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Why transportation?

  • Transportation
  • Toolkit
(Transportation toolkit) Transportation intersects with health care facilities in the ways that employees, patrons, and supplies travel to and from hospitals and satellite facilities, all of which contribute to poor air quality, hospital greenhouse gas emissions, and adverse environmental and community health outcomes. The health care sector is in a position to model and advocate for alternative…

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MediDock: The ambulance anti-idling solution

  • Transportation
  • Case Study
  • Transportation Case Study
  • Fleet Vehicles
  • Toolkit
(Transportation toolkit) MediDock provides an alternative to idling an ambulance, supplying power for key vehicle needs at a cheaper energy cost than gasoline and without the emissions or noise of a running engine.

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Seattle Children’s Hospital: Employee commuting

  • Transportation
  • Case Study
  • Transportation Case Study
  • Seattle Children's Hospital
  • Toolkit
  • Employee transportation
(Transportation toolkit) Seattle Children’s Hospital has commitments with the city, the state, and its neighbors to reduce the percentage of single-occupancy-vehicle (SOV) commute trips made by its workforce. The organization has implemented a comprehensive transportation program which includes charging for daily parking at market rate, subsidizing all other modes of commuting, and offering…

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Spring Hope food drive

  • Transportation
  • Case Study
  • Transportation Case Study
  • Toolkit
  • Suppliers and Deliveries
(Transportation toolkit) Routific’s route optimization solution saved time in both planning and execution of driver routes, thus reducing costs as well as the total number of vehicles needed for the Spring Hope food drive in Vancouver, Canada.  

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