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Why are these changes happening?
Cal Poly's Master Plan encourages students, faculty and staff to use different
transportation options such as biking, walking, carpooling, vanpooling and busing.
Preliminary analyses indicate that perhaps as much as 40% of Cal Poly's greenhouse
gas emissions are linked to transportation. These options are much more environmentally
sustainable than automobile commuting.
The Master Plan also calls for more student housing on campus to create a "living-learning"
community consistent with "Smart Growth" principles.
By providing more housing and encouraging alternative transportation, Cal Poly has been
lowering commuting rates, improving air quality, and reducing the campus "carbon footprint."
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What is the Master Plan?
Cal Poly's Master Plan was adopted in 2001. It shows where future buildings
should be built and where open spaces should be preserved. The plan is more
than a map, however, and also includes numerous "principles" to guide how
the campus should change over time. The principles are based on environmental
sustainability, as well as economic practicality, and promote Cal Poly's
function as a polytechnic university with a "learn by doing" philosophy.
Important principles are to discourage vehicles traveling through the campus
and to create a pleasant and functional pedestrian setting within the campus core.
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