Mobility

How is MIT helping students, staff, and faculty commute more sustainably?

• Providing the MIT community with flexible, affordable, and low-carbon commuting choices, while reducing the demand for parking. Learn about campus commuting benefits.
• promoting active modes of commuting, such as walking and biking, including subsidized annual Bluebike memberships and bike commuter benefits
• increasing the number of EV car charging stations on campus by 200 percent, converting MIT campus shuttles (which currently run on biodiesel) to zero emissions vehicles by 2026, and  mandating that all future fleet purchases of light-duty vehicle trucks be zero emissions
• researching and applying greenhouse gas management strategies and data collections to MIT’s transportation practices including through the Commuting at MIT and MIT Business Travel - Scope 3 Emissions dashboards available in the MIT Sustainability DataPool
• advance an integrated transit system that encourages the use of public transportation, ride sharing, and non-motorized transport
• optimize the connectivity among different modes of transport—Bluebikes, subway, shuttles, walking, and bike paths
• collaborate with local cities and towns, the private sector, and social organizations on infrastructure improvements, shared solutions, and public awareness

Understanding travel-related emissions

MIT continues to gather a preliminary picture of MIT’s Scope 3, or indirect, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to inform MIT’s total GHG emissions activities and explore where strategic opportunities may exist to reduce emissions.