General
Bike Lanes
Free Bikes or cheap bikes
Carsharing
Ridesharing
Parking Passes
Local circulator/shuttle routes
Pedestrian safety improvements
Free or discounted public transportation passes
Students
Remote Parking
Upperclassmen only parking
Charter Buses to major cities during breaks
Increase parking permit fees
Faculty and Staff
Encouraging Faculty and Staff to live in town

General

Bike Lanes

Bike lanes can encourage bike use and discourage driving short distances on campus. By providing bike lanes on campus, inexperienced cyclists feel safer while keeping bikes off of sidewalks. Check out Chicago's Bike Lane Design Guide.

Free Bikes or cheap bikes

Bike-share programs help people get around campus easily by providing the most energy efficient form of transportation. Bike Co-Ops are usually student-run centers where people can go to fix their bike, build their own bike, or rent one for the semester. See Oberlin’s Bike Co-op.
Free Bikes across campus: Some colleges have bold-colored bikes spread across campus that are free for anyone to use. No sign up or fees necessary, just put them out there!
Ripon College in Wisconsin was the first college to give a free bike, helmet, and lock to every student that promised to not bring a car to campus.

Carsharing

With car sharing, you can rent a vehicle for as little as a half-hour. Cars are self-service and parked close to where you live. Here’s the best part: when you carshare, the price includes gas, insurance, and maintenance and you only pay for the time you use. Carsharing works best in dense neighborhoods—its perfect for college campuses! A shared car can replace as many as 20 private cars. For Northeast Ohio carsharing, check out CityWheels, which serves Oberlin College and Case Western Reserve University.

Ridesharing

Campuses can use ridesharing or carpooling in two ways. First, campus employees living in the same area can ride to work together, saving gas and reducing the number of cars on campus. Ridesharing can be incentivized by providing free or premium parking spaces. Colleges and universities can also organize an online ridesharing program for students to get to and from campus during vacations and breaks. Check out Ohio Rideshare or Zimride.

Parking passes

Money that faculty, staff, and students pay for parking passes can go toward campus sustainability initiatives that might have a long or infinite payback time. Alternatively, campus members that agree to not bring cars to campus could be given a subsidy.

Local circulator/shuttle routes

By providing a shuttle around campus, students are less likely to drive short distances. This will reduce traffic and carbon emissions on campus.

Pedestrian safety improvements

Check out this guide to creating walkable communities.

Free or discounted public transportation passes

Universal Bus/Transit Passes (U-Passes) allow students, faculty, and staff to ride local transit for free. Funding for U-Passes can come from parking fees, student fees, or general funds. These programs increase public transportation use and decrease the number of cars traveling to and from campus every day. RTA’s Commuter Advantage program allows employees to buy an RTA pass with pre-tax dollars.

Students

Remote Parking

By having students park in lots that are further from campus, daily driving is discouraged. Some schools require first year students to park in these further lots.

Upperclassmen only parking

It is common for schools to not allow first years to bring cars to campus.

Charter Buses to major cities during breaks

Many students are heading to similar places during the time off from school. By renting a charter bus and selling tickets to cover costs, universities can save their students money while sending them to common destinations.

Increase parking permit fees

High parking passes discourages students from bringing cars to campus. The money from parking passes can go towards funding sustainability initiatives.

Faculty and Staff

Encouraging faculty and staff to live in town

Schools can offer incentives to encourage faculty and staff to live near campus, thereby increasing the sense of community but also reducing the number of commuters. Case, for example, offers a $5,000 grant to employees who buy a house within a 1/4 mile of campus.