Green Transportation Programs in the Healthcare Sector: Best Practices and Potential Opportunities

This project will investigate the potential opportunities of reducing transportation­related carbon footprint from healthcare facilities. The research team will refer to the findings from their previous surveys of three hospitals in Chicago and expand to a nation-wide study. The research team will identify best practices of alternative transportation programs adopted in the healthcare sector and conduct in-depth case studies. In particular, the team will explore the impetus for developing, sustaining, and growing green commuting programs, financing mechanism, results and observed benefits, as well as challenges in those institutions. The research team will also evaluate the cost effectiveness of various transportation programs, and scale up environmental impacts from single hospitals to the region and nation, considering the growing trend of the health care sector in terms of both facilities and employees.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nctr.usf.edu/2014/07/green-transportation-programs-in-the-healthcare-sector-best-practices-and-potential-opportunities-scope/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • The National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) is a Tier 1 University Transportation Center. Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $73027
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT12-G-UTC22

  UIC 2117-9060-02-C

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Center for Transit Research

  University of South Florida
  4202 East Fowler Avenue, CUT 100
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Volinski, Joel

• Principal Investigators:

  Ai, Ning

• Start Date: 20140701
• Expected Completion Date: 20160229
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Commuting; Cost effectiveness; Environmental impacts; Financing; Greenhouse gases; Health care facilities; Sustainable transportation
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01595879
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Transit Research
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12-G-UTC22, UIC 2117-9060-02-C
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Apr 10 2016 9:42PM